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

2. Who is the author of the quote from Preludes IV?
(a) T.S. Eliot.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) Virginia Woolf.
(d) John Steinbeck.

3. When was a criticism written deeming the term "darky" acceptable?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1936.
(d) 1942.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "the Thing"?

2. What is the opposite of restrained in the dichotomy present in Morrison's book?

3. How many years back did the presence of African-Americans in the US begin?

4. Who does Sapphira plot to rape her slave?

5. Which type of artist does Morrison describe as being the most anarchic?

(see the answer key)

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