View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: Black Matters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were the lectures that Playing in the Dark is based on given?
(a) UCLA.
(b) Harvard.
(c) University of Washington.
(d) Princeton.

2. What two things does Morrison claim not to be extremely distinct for a writer?
(a) Speaking and writing.
(b) Visual art and performance art.
(c) Reading and writing.
(d) Reading and drawing.

3. Who is Sapphira jealous of?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her slave.
(d) Her mother.

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

5. Which of the following words does Morrison use to describe writers?
(a) Probing.
(b) Lustrious.
(c) Angry.
(d) Telling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What put the author of The Words to Say It into a gripped panic?

2. Who is the second author Morrison mentions as including black references in his or her work?

3. Where did Cardinal grow up?

4. What does Morrison reflect on the consequences of in the preface?

5. Who does Morrison attribute as being the most sensitive type of artist?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 190 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample