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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. Who played the lead role of Carmen in the film Carmen Jones?
(a) Carmen Jones.
(b) Pearl Bailey.
(c) Lena Horne.
(d) Dorothy Dandridge.

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

3. What genre of film is the movie Carmen Jones?
(a) Drama .
(b) Comedy.
(c) Opera.
(d) Horror.

4. According to Baldwin, what has led to unforeseen paradoxical distress?
(a) Our passion for clarity.
(b) Our passion for categorization.
(c) Our passion for change.
(d) Our passion for knowledge.

5. What is dehumanization of the Negro inseparable from?
(a) The loss of our own identity.
(b) The loss of racial identity.
(c) The loss of Negroes to slavery.
(d) The loss of African American identity.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the Negro in America referred to in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?

2. How is history and the progress of the Negro described in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?

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

4. How does Baldwin describe literature on the subject of the Negro in America when it is written by Blacks?

5. What is the setting of the opening of Native Son?

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