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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the opposite of restrained in the dichotomy present in Morrison's book?
(a) Pure.
(b) Wicked.
(c) Benevolent.
(d) Anger.

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

5. Who wrote The Words to Say It?
(a) Mason Conte.
(b) Maxine Christenson.
(c) Marie Cardinal.
(d) Marilee Coxwell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "the Thing"?

2. What does Morrison reflect on the consequences of in the preface?

3. What did Cardinal tell her doctor not to keep in his office?

4. What does Morrison start a file to document?

5. What two things does Morrison claim not to be extremely distinct for a writer?

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