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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. Morrison claims that she does not want to replace what with Afrocentric domination?
(a) American.
(b) Literature.
(c) Eurocentric.
(d) White.

2. Who is the author of Three Lives?
(a) Willa Cather.
(b) Marie Cardinal.
(c) Henry James.
(d) Gertrude Stein.

3. What does The Words to Say It document about the author?
(a) The author's feelings about Africanist literature.
(b) The author's therapy and healing.
(c) The author's literary criticism of literature.
(d) The author's relationship.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what role does Morrison see the subject of a dream?

2. According to Morrison, what do readers and writers struggle to interpret?

3. Who does the main female character in Sapphira and the Slave Girl demand power over?

4. What did Cardinal tell her doctor not to keep in his office?

5. Which type of artist does Morrison describe as being the most anarchic?

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