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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Encounter on the Seine: Black Meets Brown.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the language and dialect in the film Carmen Jones considered an insult on black people?
(a) Because the characters speak like enslaved Africans.
(b) Because the characters speak like antebellum Negroes adopting the patterns language of their masters.
(c) Because the characters speak like stereotypical Negroes.
(d) Because the characters speak like northern born Negroes.

2. What negative stereotype does the character Carmen Jones perpetuate?
(a) The stereotype of rampant sexuality.
(b) The stereotype of Negro women being the desire of white men's lust.
(c) The stereotype of subservient Negro women.
(d) The stereotype of light skinned Negroes being smarter than dark skinned Negroes.

3. Why did Baldwin think the Negro vote was so easily bought and sold in the 1940s?
(a) Because Blacks did care about politics.
(b) Because Whites has a great influence in Black politics.
(c) Because it was treated with little respect.
(d) Because Blacks were in need of money.

4. What novel does Baldwin criticize as a more modern piece of shallow propaganda from the Negro experience?
(a) Native Son.
(b) Uncle Tom's Cabin.
(c) Black No More.
(d) Carmen Jones.

5. In what year was the all-Black production of Carmen Jones released?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1954.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Baldwin drink before his father's funeral?

2. What emotion of Baldwin's father does he describe as "never to be trusted"?

3. Where is Atlanta located?

4. How many of Baldwin's brothers were in the quartet?

5. According to Baldwin, what has the African not yet endured that the American Negro has endured?

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