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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Preface.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Morrison acknowledge?
(a) That each reader reads differently.
(b) That each writer tries to avoid writing about race.
(c) That each author is biased.
(d) That each reader is looking for something different.

2. How many pages into The Words to Say It does "the thing" happen?
(a) 40.
(b) 10.
(c) 120.
(d) 80.

3. What put the author of The Words to Say It into a gripped panic?
(a) Reading a book by Morrison.
(b) Reading Hemingway.
(c) Louis Armstrong concert.
(d) Studying Africanist literature.

4. What does The Words to Say It document about the author?
(a) The author's feelings about Africanist literature.
(b) The author's relationship.
(c) The author's therapy and healing.
(d) The author's literary criticism of literature.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Possessed, where does Cardinal run?

2. Which of the following best describes Marie Cardinal?

3. What does Morrison start a file to document?

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

5. What persuaded Morrison to read The Words to Say It?

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