Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What notion must a writer be aware of when reading and writing?
(a) Anger.
(b) Risk.
(c) Racism.
(d) Prejudice.
2. What does Cardinal's first therapy realization concern?
(a) Music started her fall to madness.
(b) Sexuality of different races.
(c) Prepubescent sensuality.
(d) Dichotomy thrust upon people of color.
3. Who does Morrison attribute as being the most sensitive type of artist?
(a) Writer.
(b) Illustrator.
(c) Painter.
(d) Reader.
4. Who does the main female character in Sapphira and the Slave Girl demand power over?
(a) Society.
(b) Children.
(c) Her slaves.
(d) Men.
5. What does Morrison's work require her to consider?
(a) How free she can be.
(b) How much further she can extend her study of American literature.
(c) How gender neutral she can be.
(d) How racialized she can be.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Morrison, what does Willa Cather not allow readers to ignore?
2. According to Cardinal, what does America plan to slaughter?
3. When was a criticism written deeming the term "darky" acceptable?
4. 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?
5. What is the opposite of restrained in the dichotomy present in Morrison's book?
Short Essay Questions
1. Which authors does Morrison describe as using black references in their work?
2. What are the prevalent themes in Sapphira and the Slave Girl?
3. What is the Byatt quote from Possession about?
4. What does Morrison say Sapphira and the Slave Girl is an example of?
5. Describe The Words to Say It and its subject matter.
6. Why doesn't Sapphira and the Slave Girl allow readers to ignore race?
7. What can happen if we learn about the way Africanism functions in the literary imagination?
8. According to Morrison, what does a black woman represent to literature but not to herself?
9. How does Morrison describe the world that we live in today, and what effect does it have on her as a writer?
10. What type of language does Morrison struggle with?
|
This section contains 722 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
