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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Big Sweet act tough?

2. For how long could John Hurston's revivals go?

3. What caused the trouble in Zora and P.M.P's relationship?

4. What aided Zora's creativity in her life?

5. What did Zora survive in Nassau?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the primary dysfunction in Zora and P.M.P's relationship? Why did it end?

3. Why was Ethel Waters a challenge to befriend?

4. Was Leon Walter Young notorious? Why?

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

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

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

8. Through showing her friendships with Ethel Waters and Fanny Hurst, what is Zora communicating to the reader?

9. What was Zora's initial failure in her folktale project? How was this received?

10. How are Big Sweet and Zora similar?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Zora explains she doesn't like to write about the "race problem." Discuss Zora's views on race sensation and how she treats race in her writing.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Zora's relationship with white people.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Zora's relationship with school.

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