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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. How many years back did the presence of African-Americans in the US begin?
(a) 400.
(b) 600.
(c) 300.
(d) 500.

2. 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.

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

4. What does Morrison reflect on the consequences of in the preface?
(a) Classic literature.
(b) Contemporary novels.
(c) Jazz music.
(d) Modern music.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many lectures is Playing in the Dark based on?

2. Who is the second author Morrison mentions as including black references in his or her work?

3. In the attack on Algeria, what does Cardinal see?

4. Who did Morrison thank for helping her with the book?

5. What does Morrison's work require her to consider?

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