Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

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Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were the lectures that Playing in the Dark is based on given?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Harvard.
(c) University of Washington.
(d) UCLA.

2. What is the opposite of restrained in the dichotomy present in Morrison's book?
(a) Wicked.
(b) Benevolent.
(c) Pure.
(d) Anger.

3. What book discusses certain kinds of readings that seem inextricable from certain experiences of writing and knowledge?
(a) Playing in the Dark.
(b) Preludes IV.
(c) The Words to Say It.
(d) Possession.

4. Which of the following best describes Marie Cardinal?
(a) Small and crass.
(b) Sensitive and young.
(c) Stressed and insane.
(d) White and privileged.

5. How many pages into The Words to Say It does "the thing" happen?
(a) 120.
(b) 10.
(c) 80.
(d) 40.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does The Words to Say It document about the author?

2. What does Morrison reflect on the consequences of in the preface?

3. Where did Cardinal grow up?

4. What is American literature described as being in Playing in the Dark?

5. According to Morrison, what do reading and writing require?

(see the answer key)

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