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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. According to Baldwin, what color is associated with evil?
(a) Green.
(b) White.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

2. What does Baldwin suggest the presupposition of the two novels Kingsblood Royal and If He Hollers Let Him Go are in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?
(a) Black is a terrible color with which to be born into the world.
(b) Blacks need to make themselves less offensive.
(c) Black men are inferior to white men.
(d) The Negro is a man without a homeland.

3. According to Baldwin, how does the book Native Son obliterate the good will of the people as a whole?
(a) The good will of the people is obliterated by the story that white men only like subservient black men and women.
(b) The good will of the people is obliterated by the story that Negroes are always angry at white men.
(c) The good will of the people is obliterated by the story that stereotypical images share laudatory and heinous qualities with the best possible traits coming to the surface for white consumption.
(d) The good will of the people is obliterated by the story of hatred and the idea that Negroes can only become validated if they become more like white men.

4. According to Baldwin, why has the face of the Negro changed over time?
(a) Because of the white man's need for making Negroes cook and clean the white man's home.
(b) Because of the white man's need for making Negroes as white as possible in order to interact with them.
(c) Because of the portrayal of Uncle Tom.
(d) Because African Americans refuted the stereotypical images Aunt Jemima.

5. Who is the author of Native Son?
(a) Langston Hughes.
(b) Harriet Beecher Stowe.
(c) Richard Wright.
(d) James Baldwin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the cleanliness of the Carmen Jones movie set necessary for white audiences?

2. Which of the following is not a characteristic given to history by Baldwin?

3. Why was Uncle Tom's Cabin was written?

4. What negative stereotype does the character Carmen Jones perpetuate?

5. Who played the villainous second male lead in Carmen Jones?

(see the answer key)

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