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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who wrote The Words to Say It?
(a) Marilee Coxwell.
(b) Marie Cardinal.
(c) Maxine Christenson.
(d) Mason Conte.
2. Who is the second author Morrison mentions as including black references in his or her work?
(a) Lawrence.
(b) Faulkner.
(c) Du Maurier.
(d) Proust.
3. What book discusses certain kinds of readings that seem inextricable from certain experiences of writing and knowledge?
(a) Preludes IV.
(b) Playing in the Dark.
(c) Possession.
(d) The Words to Say It.
4. Until recently, what did Morrison assume about all readers of American fiction?
(a) They are men.
(b) They are women.
(c) They are white.
(d) They are raceless.
5. According to Morrison, what do reading and writing require?
(a) Fear.
(b) Perseverance.
(c) Anger.
(d) Alertness.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Morrison, what do readers and writers struggle to interpret?
2. How does Morrison feel about the scholar who deemed the term "darky" acceptable?
3. What are references to Sapphira and the Slave Girl noted as being?
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. Morrison claims that she does not want to replace what with Afrocentric domination?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe The Words to Say It and its subject matter.
2. What does Morrison say Sapphira and the Slave Girl is an example of?
3. According to Morrison, what does a black woman represent to literature but not to herself?
4. To Morrison, why are reading and writing not extremely distinct for a writer?
5. What does it mean when Morrison says that her vulnerability lies in romanticizing blackness?
6. Who does Morrison blame for literary whiteness and blackness?
7. What does Morrison believe studies of racism focus on?
8. What is the most significant question that stems from Morrison reading Cardinal's book?
9. What does Morrison say about Africanism worldwide?
10. How does Morrison view other writers?
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