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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. What does Morrison claim has impoverished literature?
(a) Anger at Eurocentric culture.
(b) Agendas in criticism.
(c) New readers.
(d) Critics of American literature.

2. Who wrote The Words to Say It?
(a) Marilee Coxwell.
(b) Mason Conte.
(c) Marie Cardinal.
(d) Maxine Christenson.

3. Which author does Morrison mention first as containing black references?
(a) Hemingway.
(b) Evanovich.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Angelou.

4. What accusations does Morrison accept the risk of when discussing studies of racism?
(a) She has vested interest in the topic.
(b) She is racist.
(c) She has never studied racism.
(d) She has never studied literature.

5. Where did Cardinal grow up?
(a) Algeria.
(b) United States.
(c) Argentina.
(d) Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Sapphira plot to rape her slave?

3. Which of the dichotomies is shown in the example of a slave woman being kind to her mistress's children but her own mother is not good to her?

4. Who is the author of Possession?

5. According to Morrison, what does Willa Cather not allow readers to ignore?

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