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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 point of view does Baldwin use in this essay?
(a) First person narrative.
(b) Second person narrative.
(c) Third person narrative.
(d) First person limited narrative.

2. What novel does Baldwin compare Uncle Tom's Cabin to?
(a) Black Boy.
(b) Little Women.
(c) Native Son.
(d) Othello.

3. How does Baldwin describe literature on the subject of the Negro in America when it is written by Blacks?
(a) Problem Literature.
(b) Protest Literature.
(c) Social Literature.
(d) Change Literature.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Baldwin criticize the book Native Son?

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

3. What genre of film is the movie Carmen Jones?

4. Baldwin believes that the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin should have been:

5. 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?

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