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

2. Who is the third author Morrison mentions as including black references in his or her work?
(a) Bronte.
(b) Palahniuk.
(c) Shaw.
(d) O'Connor.

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

4. Which of the following words does Morrison use to describe writers?
(a) Angry.
(b) Probing.
(c) Lustrious.
(d) Telling.

5. Morrison claims that she does not want to replace what with Afrocentric domination?
(a) Eurocentric.
(b) American.
(c) Literature.
(d) White.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what role does Morrison see the subject of a dream?

2. What is the main theme in Sapphira and the Slave Girl?

3. What does Morrison see that the subject of the dream is?

4. Which of the following does Morrison say studies of racism focus on?

5. Which word best describes Sapphira?

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