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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. What accusations does Morrison accept the risk of when discussing studies of racism?
(a) She has never studied racism.
(b) She is racist.
(c) She has never studied literature.
(d) She has vested interest in the topic.

2. In what role does Morrison see the subject of a dream?
(a) Black woman.
(b) Artist.
(c) Reader.
(d) Writer.

3. In what role does Morrison describe herself as assuming nothing happens?
(a) Black woman.
(b) European.
(c) Writer.
(d) Reader.

4. Who gave the lectures that Morrison bases Playing in the Dark on?
(a) Wexley Moth.
(b) William Massey.
(c) Westley Morford.
(d) Willard Mast.

5. What does The Words to Say It document about the author?
(a) The author's therapy and healing.
(b) The author's feelings about Africanist literature.
(c) The author's relationship.
(d) The author's literary criticism of literature.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following does Morrison acknowledge?

3. What does Cardinal's first therapy realization concern?

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

5. What are references to Sapphira and the Slave Girl noted as being?

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