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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the abandoned store that is described in Part II as “on the southeast corner of Broadway and Thirty-fifth Street”?
(a) Chicago, Illinois.
(b) Cleveland, Ohio.
(c) Lorain, Ohio.
(d) Columbus, Ohio.

2. The author describes The Bluest Eye as having begun as a bleak narrative of what in the Foreword?
(a) Psychological murder.
(b) Physical arson.
(c) Physical burglary.
(d) Psychological rape.

3. In the story of Jane from Part I, Jane’s family lives in a house that is what colors?
(a) Green and white.
(b) Green and gold.
(c) Blue and green.
(d) Gold and blue.

4. The author writes in the novel's Foreword that when she began writing The Bluest Eye, she was interested in the "far more tragic and disabling consequences of accepting rejection as" what?
(a) “Honorable.”
(b) “Beautiful.”
(c) “Legitimate.”
(d) “Inevitable.”

5. The author describes "seeing oneself preserved in the amber of" what, in the novel's Foreword?
(a) “Collective memory.”
(b) “Justice.”
(c) “Disqualifying metaphors.”
(d) “Time.”

Short Answer Questions

1. How much milk does Mrs. MacTeer complain about having disappeared from her refrigerator overnight in Part II?

2. What kind of car is Rosemary sitting in while she eats bread and butter in the beginning of Part II?

3. Who is the narrator of Part I?

4. What is the narrator of Part II’s sister’s name?

5. The narrator says in Part I that there were no marigolds in the fall of what year?

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