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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is "the Thing"?
(a) Classic literature.
(b) Louis Armstrong concert.
(c) Morrison's distaste for Africanist literature.
(d) Cardinal's illness.

2. What does Cardinal's first therapy realization concern?
(a) Prepubescent sensuality.
(b) Sexuality of different races.
(c) Music started her fall to madness.
(d) Dichotomy thrust upon people of color.

3. Who is the author of Possession?
(a) Antonia Byatt.
(b) Arthur Brown.
(c) Ashley Bassat.
(d) Anthony Beccket.

4. What begins to tear at Cardinal's nerves?
(a) Conversation.
(b) Movies.
(c) Music.
(d) Books.

5. What did Cardinal tell her doctor not to keep in his office?
(a) A gargoyle.
(b) A water dish for his cat.
(c) A framed photo of Louis Armstrong.
(d) A clock.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For Morrison, when a writer is challenged and activities are more difficult, what else do they become?

3. Which of the following best describes Marie Cardinal?

4. What book discusses certain kinds of readings that seem inextricable from certain experiences of writing and knowledge?

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

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