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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. What stereotypical trait is shared by the female and male leads in the film Carmen Jones?
(a) Dark colored skin.
(b) Fine hair.
(c) Light colored skin.
(d) Blue eyes.

2. Why is the cleanliness of the Carmen Jones movie set necessary for white audiences?
(a) The cleanliness makes white audiences more comfortable with seeing Negroes in familiar situations.
(b) The cleanliness makes white audiences more comfortable with the role of the lead male Negro.
(c) The cleanliness makes white audiences view the black actors as equals.
(d) The cleanliness makes white audiences want to watch more Negro movies.

3. What Hollywood studio produced the film Carmen Jones?
(a) Universal Studios.
(b) MGM Studios.
(c) Walt Disney Studios.
(d) Twentieth Century Fox.

4. How is history and the progress of the Negro described in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?
(a) Social.
(b) Non-existent.
(c) Anti-Social.
(d) Sufficient.

5. According to Baldwin, why has the face of the Negro changed over time?
(a) Because African Americans refuted the stereotypical images Aunt Jemima.
(b) Because of the white man's need for making Negroes as white as possible in order to interact with them.
(c) Because of the portrayal of Uncle Tom.
(d) Because of the white man's need for making Negroes cook and clean the white man's home.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Baldwin, what has led to unforeseen paradoxical distress?

2. What novel does Baldwin compare Uncle Tom's Cabin to?

3. What novel does Baldwin criticize as a more modern piece of shallow propaganda from the Negro experience?

4. How does Baldwin describe a "new society" in the book, Notes of a Native Son?

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

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