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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of Pecola, the narrator says in Part V, “Her inarticulateness made us believe we were” what?
(a) “Cultured.”
(b) “Blessed.”
(c) “Fluent.”
(d) “Eloquent.”

2. What does Pecola say Maginot Line’s real name is in Part IV?
(a) Miss Louis.
(b) Miss Julie.
(c) Miss Lineman.
(d) Miss Marie.

3. The narrator says in Part V of the flowers that never grew, “I was convinced that Frieda was right, that I had planted them too” what?
(a) “Deeply.”
(b) “Sunny.”
(c) “Shallow.”
(d) “Shady.”

4. Where was Toni Morrison teaching when she began writing The Bluest Eye in a writing group?
(a) Brown University.
(b) Stanford University.
(c) Yale University.
(d) Howard University.

5. Claudia’s mother sings a song about trains where in the beginning of Part IV?
(a) Wyoming.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Montana.
(d) New Mexico.

Short Answer Questions

1. What notion does the narrator refer to in Part IV as “Probably the most destructive ideas in the history of human thought”?

2. The narrator in Part I claims that “one must take refuge in” what?

3. The narrator in Part II describes the adults as treating illness in children with what?

4. What nickname do Claudia and Frieda call Maureen Peal in Part III?

5. Who is described as “still trotting up and down Sixteenth Street talking to herself” in Part II?

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