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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 does Baldwin describe literature on the subject of the Negro in America when it is written by Blacks?
(a) Protest Literature.
(b) Social Literature.
(c) Change Literature.
(d) Problem Literature.

2. The story of Carmen Jones deals with what type of people?
(a) Moral.
(b) Immortal
(c) Amoral.
(d) Immortal.

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

4. How is the Negro in America referred to in the chapter entitled Many Thousands Gone?
(a) A mass of darkness.
(b) A series of shadows.
(c) A gloomy mist.
(d) A series of mishaps.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Baldwin assert that White people contribute to the perpetuation of the stereotypical characters such as Aunt Jemima and Uncle Tom?

2. What does Baldwin regard as the most important thing about the film Carmen Jones?

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

4. In what era did James Baldwin write Notes of a Native Son?

5. According to Baldwin, at what point does the making of an American begin?

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