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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. While at Barnard, Zora's work and school lives began to ______.

2. When Zora would see her boyfriend walking by her house, she imagined he was doing what?

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

4. The party where Zora and Ethel meet was for whom?

5. Because of their findings, Zora equates mining with ___________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the argument between the whore and prostitute in Polk County? Why does Zora single this instance out?

3. What opportunity did Nassau afford Zora?

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

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

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

7. Was Leon Walter Young notorious? Why?

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

9. How are Big Sweet and Zora similar?

10. Why was Zora's new writing career challenging for her financially? How did she overcome it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the importance of Zora's time at Gilbert and Sullivan and the effect it has on her. What do we learn about her from it?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Zora's relationship with school.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the pairing of Zora's early adulthood and her nature and how Zora can orchestrate all the elements of herself to her detriment or her favor.

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