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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. Where did Fanny take Zora on a spontaneous trip?

2. What caused Zora to leave Polk?

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

4. What was Ethel Waters famous for?

5. When did Big Sweet act tough?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Were Zora's school and work life beginning to blend at Barnard? Was this a good combination for her?

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

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. How did the miners in Polk County get a history lesson?

9. Why did Zora's relationships fail?

10. What was the primary dysfunction in Zora and P.M.P's relationship? Why did it end?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Zora's parents' relationship. How did this environment impact her life? How does this context clarify her approach to future situations we've seen her in?

Essay Topic 2

Zora explains she doesn't like to write about the "race problem." Discuss Zora's views on race sensation and how she treats race in her writing.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Zora's relationship with school.

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