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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. Where does Morrison's vulnerability lie?
(a) She is a woman.
(b) She is biased.
(c) Caring for racial superiority.
(d) Romanticizing blackness.

2. Who was criticized by a scholar who deemed the term "darky" acceptable?
(a) Toni Morrison.
(b) Edgar Allen Poe.
(c) John Steinbeck.
(d) Sylvia Plath.

3. Which of the following does Morrison say studies of racism focus on?
(a) Abusers.
(b) Accusers.
(c) Victims.
(d) Activists.

4. Where does Morrison teach?
(a) Brown.
(b) Princeton.
(c) UCLA.
(d) Harvard.

5. Who was Cardinal warned against having relationships with?
(a) Jewish people.
(b) Arab people.
(c) Black people.
(d) White people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What persuaded Morrison to read The Words to Say It?

2. Which of the following does Morrison acknowledge?

3. Why does Morrison claim to struggle with language that evokes hidden signals?

4. Which of the following best describes Marie Cardinal?

5. What does Morrison claim has impoverished literature?

(see the answer key)

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