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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cardinal's first therapy realization concern?
(a) Music started her fall to madness.
(b) Sexuality of different races.
(c) Prepubescent sensuality.
(d) Dichotomy thrust upon people of color.

2. Who is the author of Possession?
(a) Anthony Beccket.
(b) Ashley Bassat.
(c) Antonia Byatt.
(d) Arthur Brown.

3. Possessed, where does Cardinal run?
(a) Into a concert hall.
(b) Into a theater.
(c) Into the park.
(d) Into the street.

4. Where does Morrison's vulnerability lie?
(a) Caring for racial superiority.
(b) Romanticizing blackness.
(c) She is a woman.
(d) She is biased.

5. What notion must a writer be aware of when reading and writing?
(a) Racism.
(b) Prejudice.
(c) Anger.
(d) Risk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Until recently, what did Morrison assume about all readers of American fiction?

2. Where does Morrison teach?

3. What does Morrison wonder most about Cardinal?

4. Why does Morrison claim to struggle with language that evokes hidden signals?

5. According to Morrison, what demands are put on black people?

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