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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were the lectures that Playing in the Dark is based on given?
(a) Harvard.
(b) Princeton.
(c) UCLA.
(d) University of Washington.

2. According to Morrison, what demands are put on black people?
(a) Hope and loss.
(b) Anger and acceptance.
(c) Purity and restraint.
(d) Persistence and drive.

3. How many lectures is Playing in the Dark based on?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 7.
(d) 1.

4. What is an example of the concept of black figuration?
(a) Morrison's reading style.
(b) The manifestion of Cardinal's illness.
(c) Slavery in American history.
(d) Africanism in American literature.

5. Which of the following best describes Marie Cardinal?
(a) White and privileged.
(b) Small and crass.
(c) Sensitive and young.
(d) Stressed and insane.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gave the lectures that Morrison bases Playing in the Dark on?

2. Possessed, where does Cardinal run?

3. How many pages into The Words to Say It does "the thing" happen?

4. What is American literature described as being in Playing in the Dark?

5. What is "the Thing"?

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