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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. What is the avowed aim of the American protest novel?
(a) To bring greater charity to the oppressed.
(b) To bring Christianity to the oppressed.
(c) To bring greater freedom to the oppressed.
(d) To bring the ideals of socialism to the oppressed.

2. According to Baldwin, both the Negro and the Jew are characterized as:
(a) Religious.
(b) Helpless.
(c) Jobless.
(d) Cheerful.

3. How was the 1955 production of Carmen Jones different than previous productions?
(a) It had an all-white cast.
(b) It had an all-African cast.
(c) It had an all-Negro cast.
(d) It had an interracial cast.

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

5. What stereotypical trait do the immoral and evil characters share in the film Carmen Jones?
(a) Overweight.
(b) Brown eyes.
(c) Dark colored skin.
(d) Coarse hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened on the same day that Baldwin's father died?

2. What point of view does Baldwin use in this essay?

3. What is not one of the two legends of the "white Gentile" as described by Baldwin?

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

5. Why did Baldwin think the Negro vote was so easily bought and sold in the 1940s?

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