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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. Who does the main female character in Sapphira and the Slave Girl demand power over?
(a) Men.
(b) Society.
(c) Her slaves.
(d) Children.

2. What does Morrison consider the consequences of?
(a) Exemplary black and white characters.
(b) Literary feminism.
(c) Racial profiling in literature.
(d) Literary whiteness and blackness.

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

4. Morrison says that what item reveals itself differently to each writer?
(a) Paper.
(b) Pen.
(c) Notebook.
(d) Book.

5. According to Morrison, what do reading and writing require?
(a) Perseverance.
(b) Alertness.
(c) Anger.
(d) Fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What begins to tear at Cardinal's nerves?

2. Who is Sapphira jealous of?

3. What analogy does Morrison use to describe what studies of racism should focus on?

4. Who is the author of Three Lives?

5. What does Morrison not mention the world as being?

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