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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In her research in the South, Zora was assigned to gather ______.
(a) Relics.
(b) Folktales.
(c) Evidence.
(d) Gold.

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

3. What is uncommon amongst whites and Yankees in Zora's opinion?
(a) Creativity.
(b) Knowledge of farms.
(c) Use of colorful metaphor.
(d) Compassion.

4. Zora's father is an expert at _________________.
(a) Getting people to come to church.
(b) Getting people to convert.
(c) Getting others to repent.
(d) Convincing people of his ideas.

5. What does Zora note about the way forgiveness is taught in church?
(a) It's by the book.
(b) It's inadequate.
(c) It's excessive.
(d) It's strange.

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Fanny Hurst and Zora similar?

2. In looking back on her relationship with P.M.P, Zora doesn't feel what?

3. In "Two Women," what element of female life is Zora portraying?

4. How does Zora describe the challenges she's faced in her life?

5. Why was there pressure for Zora to write about "the race problem"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Did Zora find that there is a quintessential black person? A white person?

2. What opportunity did Nassau afford Zora?

3. In Zora's early romantic life, what was her nature? Why was she this way?

4. How are Zora and Fanny Hurst compatible? Why did they make good friends?

5. Was Leon Walter Young notorious? Why?

6. How does Zora address "the race problem" in her work? Why does she approach it as she does?

7. How did Zora pursue a friendship with Ethel Waters? Why was she eager to befriend Ethel?

8. What was Zora's initial failure in her folktale project? How was this received?

9. Why did Zora's relationships fail?

10. Why was Zora's relationship with P.M.P a trial of her will and nature?

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