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

2. Which of the dichotomies is shown in the example of a slave woman being kind to her mistress's children but her own mother is not good to her?
(a) Benevolent and wicked.
(b) Angry and resentful.
(c) Sinful but enticing.
(d) Pure and restrained.

3. Why does Morrison claim to struggle with language that evokes hidden signals?
(a) She is a good writer.
(b) She is a female writer.
(c) She is a black writer.
(d) She is a bad writer.

4. How does Morrison feel about the scholar who deemed the term "darky" acceptable?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Accepting.
(c) Angry.
(d) Distrusting.

5. In Morrison's point of view, what does the fabrication of an Africanist presence a reflexive mediation on?
(a) Society.
(b) Readers.
(c) The self.
(d) Writers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What hidden signals does Morrison look for?

2. What does Morrison argue for extending?

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

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

5. Who was Cardinal warned against having relationships with?

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