Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

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Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: Black Matters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Morrison, what demands are put on black people?
(a) Anger and acceptance.
(b) Persistence and drive.
(c) Purity and restraint.
(d) Hope and loss.

2. Possessed, where does Cardinal run?
(a) Into a concert hall.
(b) Into the street.
(c) Into the park.
(d) Into a theater.

3. What begins to tear at Cardinal's nerves?
(a) Books.
(b) Conversation.
(c) Movies.
(d) Music.

4. For Morrison, when a writer is challenged and activities are more difficult, what else do they become?
(a) More rewarding.
(b) More exciting.
(c) Less significant.
(d) Less valuable.

5. What does Morrison wish studies of racism would focus on?
(a) Impact of racism on readers and writers.
(b) Impact of racism on those who perpetuate it.
(c) Impact of racism on children.
(d) Impact of racism on society's foundation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What persuaded Morrison to read The Words to Say It?

2. In Morrison's point of view, what does the fabrication of an Africanist presence a reflexive mediation on?

3. In the attack on Algeria, what does Cardinal see?

4. What does Morrison argue for extending?

5. Where does Morrison teach?

(see the answer key)

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