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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Stranger in the Village.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the setting of the opening of Native Son?
(a) A Harlem apartment.
(b) A YMCA in Atlanta, GA.
(c) The projects of the Bronx, NY.
(d) A Chicago tenement.

3. Who played the lead male role in the film Carmen Jones?
(a) Sidney Poitier.
(b) Sammy Davis, Jr.
(c) Joe Adams.
(d) Harry Belafonte.

4. Where did Baldwin and his white friend from New York go on Baldwin's last night in New Jersey?
(a) Atlantic City, NJ.
(b) To the casino.
(c) To downtown New York City.
(d) To the movies and to have drinks.

5. What was the aim of the quartet groups like the Melodeers?
(a) To travel to other parts of the country.
(b) To make a livelihood from music.
(c) To change Whites' views of Black music.
(d) To sing at churches.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Baldwin describe the housing of all students living in the Latin Quarter?

2. What other event shared the same date as the funeral of Baldwin's father?

3. Where is Harlem located?

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

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

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