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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. According to Morrison, what do readers and writers struggle to interpret?
(a) Dialogue.
(b) Excitement and happiness.
(c) Imagined worlds.
(d) Character traits like anger.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What book discusses certain kinds of readings that seem inextricable from certain experiences of writing and knowledge?

2. What notion must a writer be aware of when reading and writing?

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

4. Who was Cardinal warned against having relationships with?

5. What persuaded Morrison to read The Words to Say It?

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