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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 see that the subject of the dream is?
(a) The symbolism of the dream.
(b) The dream itself.
(c) The dreamer.
(d) The action in the dream.

2. What hidden signals does Morrison look for?
(a) Africanization.
(b) Genderization.
(c) An author's true feelings about people.
(d) Racial superiority.

3. For Morrison, when a writer is challenged and activities are more difficult, what else do they become?
(a) Less significant.
(b) More exciting.
(c) More rewarding.
(d) Less valuable.

4. Who gave the lectures that Morrison bases Playing in the Dark on?
(a) Wexley Moth.
(b) William Massey.
(c) Westley Morford.
(d) Willard Mast.

5. Which of the following words refers to denotative and connotative blackness that the African people have come to signify?
(a) Americanism.
(b) Africanism.
(c) Black literature.
(d) African-American.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Morrison, what do readers and writers struggle to interpret?

3. Who was criticized by a scholar who deemed the term "darky" acceptable?

4. What begins to tear at Cardinal's nerves?

5. What is an example of the concept of black figuration?

(see the answer key)

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