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

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

3. Who is Sapphira jealous of?
(a) Her sister.
(b) Her daughter.
(c) Her slave.
(d) Her mother.

4. In the attack on Algeria, what does Cardinal see?
(a) White slaughter of a white mother.
(b) White slaughter of a black mother.
(c) Vengeful slaughter of an innocent.
(d) White slaughter of an Indian mother.

5. Who is the second author Morrison mentions as including black references in his or her work?
(a) Du Maurier.
(b) Proust.
(c) Lawrence.
(d) Faulkner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does The Words to Say It document about the author?

2. How does Morrison feel about the scholar who deemed the term "darky" acceptable?

3. What is "the Thing"?

4. Where does Morrison claim to apply the knowledge in Playing in the Dark?

5. According to Morrison, what do reading and writing require?

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