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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. Which type of artist does Morrison describe as being the most anarchic?
(a) Writers.
(b) Readers.
(c) Photographers.
(d) Painters.

2. What is the name of Sapphira's slave?
(a) Amy.
(b) Nancy.
(c) Stephanie.
(d) Lola.

3. For Morrison, when a writer is challenged and activities are more difficult, what else do they become?
(a) More exciting.
(b) Less valuable.
(c) More rewarding.
(d) Less significant.

4. What does Morrison claim that critics do not say about Sapphira and the Slave Girl?
(a) Why it is a failure.
(b) Why it was written.
(c) Why it is successful.
(d) Why people read it.

5. What persuaded Morrison to read The Words to Say It?
(a) The cover.
(b) The title.
(c) A synopsis.
(d) The author.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Morrison feel about the scholar who deemed the term "darky" acceptable?

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

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

4. Possessed, where does Cardinal run?

5. According to Cardinal, what does America plan to slaughter?

(see the answer key)

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