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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. How is the story of the Negro described in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?
(a) The story of Native Americans.
(b) The story of the original American settlers.
(c) The story of African Americans.
(d) The story of Americans.

2. Why does Baldwin criticize the book Native Son?
(a) The book negates the whole race and converts the Negro man's pride into anger.
(b) The book negates the role of the black woman in society.
(c) The book dehumanizes Negro women and makes the Negro man superior to the Negro woman.
(d) The book describes the life of a Negro man as if he was a White man.

3. In what era did James Baldwin write Notes of a Native Son?
(a) Colonial.
(b) Civil rights era.
(c) Slavery era.
(d) Pre-civil rights era.

4. 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 interracial cast.
(d) It had an all-Negro cast.

5. Although it is known that African Americans are not biologically or mentally inferior, what occurred during the World War II?
(a) The troops were evaluated.
(b) The troops were integrated.
(c) The troops were segregated.
(d) African Americans were not allowed to fight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is dehumanization of the Negro inseparable from?

2. What stereotypical trait do the immoral and evil characters share in the film Carmen Jones?

3. According to Baldwin, how does the book Native Son obliterate the good will of the people as a whole?

4. What two stereotypical figures does the author portray as portraits of the Negro in America with laudatory and heinous qualities?

5. What is the theme of Baldwin's Notes of a Native Son?

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