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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the literary device Toni Morrison is employing when Bride says that “Lula Ann Bridewell…was never a woman”?
(a) Characterization.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Foreshadowing.
(d) Metonymy.

2. What percent of Americans does Sweetness think have African blood
(a) 10%.
(b) 50%.
(c) 20%.
(d) 30%.

3. What does Brooklyn say Bride does not know about her ex-boyfriend Booker?
(a) That she had been having an affair with him.
(b) That she tried to seduce him.
(c) That she had known him as a ladies man in college.
(d) That he tried to seduce him.

4. What describes Bride’s state of mind while she is recovering?
(a) Anomie.
(b) Impatience.
(c) Ennui.
(d) Schadenfreude.

5. Where does Bride say Sylvia Huxley’s husband is?
(a) Waiting for her at home.
(b) In Australia.
(c) In prison.
(d) In New York.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the weather like, the day after Booker leaves?

2. What trait does Bride say her boyfriends did not have?

3. What does Sweetness say her skin color is?

4. How does Bride refer to Sylvia Huxley before she visits her?

5. What is a quadroon?

(see the answer key)

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