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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 does Morrison not mention the world as being?
(a) Genderized.
(b) Racialized.
(c) Liberalized.
(d) Sexualized.

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

3. Where does Morrison claim to apply the knowledge in Playing in the Dark?
(a) The way she communicates.
(b) The class she teaches.
(c) The way she argues.
(d) The way she reads.

4. What does Morrison propose to investigate?
(a) Racial bias.
(b) Racial exclusivity.
(c) Racial hierarchy.
(d) Racial superiority.

5. According to Morrison, what demands are put on black people?
(a) Purity and restraint.
(b) Persistence and drive.
(c) Hope and loss.
(d) Anger and acceptance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Morrison argue for extending?

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

3. According to Morrison, what does Willa Cather not allow readers to ignore?

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

5. What is Morrison skeptical about?

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