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

2. What are references to Sapphira and the Slave Girl noted as being?
(a) Apologetic.
(b) Demeaning.
(c) Spiteful.
(d) Lackluster.

3. According to Morrison, what do readers and writers fight for?
(a) Meaning and responsibility.
(b) Determination and fear.
(c) Defintion and defiance.
(d) Individuality and duality.

4. What notion must a writer be aware of when reading and writing?
(a) Prejudice.
(b) Anger.
(c) Racism.
(d) Risk.

5. What is assumed about literature much of the time, in Morrison's point of view?
(a) American literature is unshaped by slavery.
(b) American literature is only read by Americans.
(c) American literature is unshaped by black presence.
(d) American literature is worthless for black Americans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "the Thing"?

2. According to Morrison, what demands are put on black people?

3. Morrison claims that she does not want to replace what with Afrocentric domination?

4. Which of the following words does Morrison use to describe writers?

5. In what role does Morrison describe herself as assuming nothing happens?

(see the answer key)

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