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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: Black Matters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following words does Morrison use to describe writers?
(a) Telling.
(b) Lustrious.
(c) Angry.
(d) Probing.

2. Who was criticized by a scholar who deemed the term "darky" acceptable?
(a) Toni Morrison.
(b) John Steinbeck.
(c) Edgar Allen Poe.
(d) Sylvia Plath.

3. Which type of artist does Morrison describe as being the most anarchic?
(a) Writers.
(b) Painters.
(c) Photographers.
(d) Readers.

4. Who does the main female character in Sapphira and the Slave Girl demand power over?
(a) Society.
(b) Children.
(c) Men.
(d) Her slaves.

5. According to Morrison, what do readers and writers fight for?
(a) Meaning and responsibility.
(b) Individuality and duality.
(c) Determination and fear.
(d) Defintion and defiance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Morrison teach?

2. Why does Morrison claim to struggle with language that evokes hidden signals?

3. In what role does Morrison see the subject of a dream?

4. When was a criticism written deeming the term "darky" acceptable?

5. Which of the following does Morrison say studies of racism focus on?

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