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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was there pressure for Zora to write about "the race problem"?
(a) It is a cultural trend.
(b) She was a great writer.
(c) She was not being pressured.
(d) People told her it was her duty.

2. Why did Zora want to befriend Ethel?
(a) She wanted Ethel's connections.
(b) She felt they would get along.
(c) She wanted to learn from her.
(d) She wanted company.

3. How does Zora describe reconnecting with her family after so long?
(a) Overwhelming.
(b) Joyful.
(c) Horrible.
(d) Uncomfortable.

4. When did Zora discuss race?
(a) In poetry.
(b) When she felt like it.
(c) When someone asked her to.
(d) When it was necessary.

5. For how long could John Hurston's revivals go?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Two hours.
(c) Five hours.
(d) Three days.

6. In "Two Women," what element of female life is Zora portraying?
(a) The importance of friendships.
(b) Their secret hopes and dreams.
(c) The need for emotional attention.
(d) The excessive drama.

7. How many people could John Hurston lead in his revivals?
(a) Seventy-five.
(b) Twenty-five.
(c) Two hundred.
(d) Twelve.

8. What did Lucy want with Zora?
(a) To get advice.
(b) To be her friend.
(c) To get her autograph.
(d) To get her.

9. How are Fanny Hurst and Zora similar?
(a) They are both from Eatonville.
(b) Both their mothers died young.
(c) Both of them worked with acting groups.
(d) They are both playful and serious.

10. What was the initial problem with Zora getting her book published?
(a) The subject matter was too unfamiliar.
(b) She didn't have enough money.
(c) She wasn't taken seriously.
(d) No one was reading.

11. Why didn't Zora want to write about "the race problem"?
(a) She didn't know what to say.
(b) She didn't want to make it an issue.
(c) She felt it was overdone.
(d) She thought it was unimportant.

12. To whom did Leon Walter Young not cow-tow?
(a) Whites and mulattos.
(b) Rich people.
(c) Mobsters.
(d) Other politicians.

13. Why did Zora fail in her first try at research?
(a) She asked the wrong questions.
(b) She didn't know who to talk to.
(c) Her approach was bad.
(d) She didn't have enough money.

14. When Zora had an "affair" with the President of her school, she called it a _____ affair.
(a) Literary.
(b) Flawed.
(c) Pretend.
(d) Brief.

15. To describe the social makeup of Polk County, Zora details dancing and ______.
(a) Fighting.
(b) Working.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Drinking.

Short Answer Questions

1. In New Orleans, Zora became involved in ______.

2. Dr. Boas found a ______ for Zora to go south.

3. What kind of men was Zora attracted to?

4. What was Ethel Waters famous for?

5. How did Zora's findings in Nassau influence her research?

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