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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Carmen Jones: The Dark Is Light Enough.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two stereotypical figures does the author portray as portraits of the Negro in America with laudatory and heinous qualities?
(a) Carmen Jones and Uncle Tom.
(b) Aunt Jemima and Othello.
(c) Aunt Jemima and Carmen Jones.
(d) Aunt Jemima and Uncle Tom.

2. What Hollywood studio produced the film Carmen Jones?
(a) MGM Studios.
(b) Walt Disney Studios.
(c) Universal Studios.
(d) Twentieth Century Fox.

3. What stereotypical trait is shared by the female and male leads in the film Carmen Jones?
(a) Blue eyes.
(b) Dark colored skin.
(c) Fine hair.
(d) Light colored skin.

4. What genre of film is the movie Carmen Jones?
(a) Comedy.
(b) Opera.
(c) Horror.
(d) Drama .

5. How is history and the progress of the Negro described in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?
(a) Social.
(b) Non-existent.
(c) Anti-Social.
(d) Sufficient.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the story of the Negro described in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?

2. In what year was the all-Black production of Carmen Jones released?

3. How does Baldwin describe a "new society" in the book, Notes of a Native Son?

4. Who played the lead role of Carmen in the film Carmen Jones?

5. How is the Negro in America referred to in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?

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