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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Journey to Atlanta.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who played the lead role of Carmen in the film Carmen Jones?
(a) Pearl Bailey.
(b) Dorothy Dandridge.
(c) Lena Horne.
(d) Carmen Jones.
2. Which of the following is not a characteristic given to history by Baldwin?
(a) Negative images in the media.
(b) Remote Violence.
(c) Injustices.
(d) Slum.
3. Why does Baldwin insist that the operatic songs performed by the cast in the film Carmen Jones have no connection to Negro life?
(a) The music pieces were sung by white people and dubbed over the black actor's lip syncs.
(b) The music pieces were sung by white men and dubbed over the black actor's lip syncs.
(c) The music pieces were sung by middle class black people and dubbed over the black actor's lip syncs.
(d) The music pieces were sung in Italian and dubbed over the black actor's lip syncs.
4. What novel does Baldwin compare Uncle Tom's Cabin to?
(a) Native Son.
(b) Little Women.
(c) Othello.
(d) Black Boy.
5. Why does Baldwin criticize the cleanliness of the Carmen Jones movie set?
(a) Because it does not accurately portray the American ghetto.
(b) Because they do not show the intermingling of working class Negroes and Whites.
(c) Because they do not accurately portray the working-class.
(d) Because they do not accurately portray the environments of the working class Negroes characterized in the movie.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Baldwin, what color is associated with evil?
2. What is the theme of Baldwin's Notes of a Native Son?
3. According to Baldwin, at what point does the making of an American begin?
4. What is not one of the two legends of the "white Gentile" as described by Baldwin?
5. Why is the cleanliness of the Carmen Jones movie set necessary for white audiences?
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