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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. For what was Leon Walter Young famous?

2. Why did Zora fail in her first try at research?

3. How many people could John Hurston lead in his revivals?

4. What role did Big Sweet play in Zora's life?

5. What "game" did Fanny play at?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. When is the phrase "My people! My people!" used and why?

3. Why did Zora have to flee Polk County?

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

5. Was Leon Walter Young notorious? Why?

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

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

8. Through showing her friendships with Ethel Waters and Fanny Hurst, what is Zora communicating to the reader?

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

10. Why did Zora have conflicted feelings towards the church?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Zora's approach to men in her romantic life and how this ties to events prior to her maturity.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Zora's fixation on social politics relates to her effect on the communities of which she is a part. What do we learn through this? About Zora? Her environments? The time?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Zora's arguments and complex relationship with religion.

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