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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. When Zora had an "affair" with the President of her school, she called it a _____ affair.
(a) Brief.
(b) Pretend.
(c) Flawed.
(d) Literary.

2. Dr. Boas found a ______ for Zora to go south.
(a) Fellowship.
(b) Opening.
(c) Excuse.
(d) Car.

3. What was the primary rumor about Big Sweet?
(a) Her husband was cheating on her.
(b) She was part of a gang.
(c) She had a drinking problem.
(d) She had killed people.

4. Zora referred to white men as ______.
(a) Ephemeral.
(b) Scum.
(c) Royal.
(d) Bording.

5. What "game" did Fanny play at?
(a) Cops and robbers.
(b) House.
(c) Hockey.
(d) Being a guest in her own home.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Zora begin to discuss her love life in her book?

2. Why was there pressure for Zora to write about "the race problem"?

3. What was Zora offered for her book?

4. When Zora would see her boyfriend walking by her house, she imagined he was doing what?

5. What does Zora note about the way forgiveness is taught in church?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Zora and Fanny Hurst compatible? Why did they make good friends?

2. What was special about John Hurston's portrait of hell?

3. How does Zora address "the race problem" in her work? Why does she approach it as she does?

4. Did Zora find that there is a quintessential black person? A white person?

5. What was the argument between the whore and prostitute in Polk County? Why does Zora single this instance out?

6. Why did Zora have conflicted feelings towards the church?

7. In Zora's early romantic life, what was her nature? Why was she this way?

8. How did the miners in Polk County get a history lesson?

9. Why was Zora's new writing career challenging for her financially? How did she overcome it?

10. When is the phrase "My people! My people!" used and why?

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