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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: Romancing the Shadow.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Morrison, what does Willa Cather not allow readers to ignore?
(a) Race.
(b) Setting.
(c) Class.
(d) Time period.

2. What does Morrison wonder most about Cardinal?
(a) Why she wrote a book.
(b) When she felt she had to panic.
(c) Why she went to a Louis Armstrong concert.
(d) When she knew she was in trouble.

3. Who is the second author Morrison mentions as including black references in his or her work?
(a) Lawrence.
(b) Faulkner.
(c) Proust.
(d) Du Maurier.

4. How many lectures is Playing in the Dark based on?
(a) 1.
(b) 7.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

5. Where did Cardinal grow up?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Argentina.
(c) United States.
(d) Algeria.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Morrison claim has impoverished literature?

2. What does Morrison describe as being the first feature of a non-American?

3. Who is the author of Sapphira and the Slave Girl?

4. Where were the lectures that Playing in the Dark is based on given?

5. How does Morrison describe the act of ignoring race?

(see the answer key)

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