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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. Zora referred to white men as ______.

2. What kind of men was Zora attracted to?

3. Why did Zora want to befriend Ethel?

4. What defined the political makeup of Polk County?

5. P.M.P was a wedge between Zora and her _______.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Ethel Waters a challenge to befriend?

2. How are Big Sweet and Zora similar?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why did Zora's relationships fail?

9. What was special about John Hurston's portrait of hell?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the effect of the surrogate mothers and fathers on Zora's life.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Zora's relationship with school.

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