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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. According to Morrison, what do readers and writers struggle to interpret?
(a) Dialogue.
(b) Excitement and happiness.
(c) Imagined worlds.
(d) Character traits like anger.
2. What notion must a writer be aware of when reading and writing?
(a) Racism.
(b) Prejudice.
(c) Anger.
(d) Risk.
3. Who gave the lectures that Morrison bases Playing in the Dark on?
(a) Westley Morford.
(b) Willard Mast.
(c) Wexley Moth.
(d) William Massey.
4. Where did Cardinal grow up?
(a) Argentina.
(b) Mexico.
(c) United States.
(d) Algeria.
5. Where does Morrison claim to apply the knowledge in Playing in the Dark?
(a) The way she communicates.
(b) The class she teaches.
(c) The way she reads.
(d) The way she argues.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the author of Possession?
2. In the attack on Algeria, what does Cardinal see?
3. According to Morrison, what demands are put on black people?
4. Morrison says that what item reveals itself differently to each writer?
5. Where does Morrison's vulnerability lie?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Morrison's statement that the subject of the dream is the dreamer.
2. Describe the dichotomies Morrison presents as being necessary for black people to fulfill.
3. Which authors does Morrison describe as using black references in their work?
4. What does Toni Morrison think about Marie Cardinal's book?
5. Describe The Words to Say It and its subject matter.
6. What is the Byatt quote from Possession about?
7. Until recently, what did Morrison assume about all readers of American fiction?
8. According to Morrison, what does a black woman represent to literature but not to herself?
9. What can happen if we learn about the way Africanism functions in the literary imagination?
10. What implication stems from the fact that imagination produces work?
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