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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. According to Morrison, what do readers and writers fight for?
(a) Meaning and responsibility.
(b) Individuality and duality.
(c) Determination and fear.
(d) Defintion and defiance.

4. What did Cardinal tell her doctor not to keep in his office?
(a) A water dish for his cat.
(b) A clock.
(c) A framed photo of Louis Armstrong.
(d) A gargoyle.

5. Why does Morrison claim to struggle with language that evokes hidden signals?
(a) She is a good writer.
(b) She is a female writer.
(c) She is a bad writer.
(d) She is a black writer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is an example of the concept of black figuration?

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

3. What begins to tear at Cardinal's nerves?

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

5. Where does Morrison claim to apply the knowledge in Playing in the Dark?

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