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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. Morrison claims that she does not want to replace what with Afrocentric domination?
(a) American.
(b) White.
(c) Literature.
(d) Eurocentric.

2. Which of the following is true about Africanism around the world?
(a) American literature is the only type of literature that features Africanism.
(b) African literature is the only type of literature that has not constructed Africanism.
(c) The US is not unique in its construction of Africanism.
(d) Europe is the only first-world region that does not acknowledge Africanism.

3. Who is the author of Three Lives?
(a) Gertrude Stein.
(b) Marie Cardinal.
(c) Willa Cather.
(d) Henry James.

4. Who is the third author Morrison mentions as including black references in his or her work?
(a) O'Connor.
(b) Palahniuk.
(c) Shaw.
(d) Bronte.

5. What is Morrison skeptical about?
(a) The Words to Say It is an autobiography.
(b) The Words to Say It is a work of fiction.
(c) The author of The Words to Say It is a real person.
(d) The author of The Words to Say It was actually healed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What analogy does Morrison use to describe what studies of racism should focus on?

2. What put the author of The Words to Say It into a gripped panic?

3. Which of the following best describes Marie Cardinal?

4. Who is Sapphira jealous of?

5. Who is the author of Possession?

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