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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What hidden signals does Morrison look for?
(a) Genderization.
(b) Racial superiority.
(c) An author's true feelings about people.
(d) Africanization.

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

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

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. What persuaded Morrison to read The Words to Say It?
(a) A synopsis.
(b) The author.
(c) The cover.
(d) The title.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Morrison teach?

2. What does Cardinal's first therapy realization concern?

3. Which of the following best describes Marie Cardinal?

4. What does Morrison consider the consequences of?

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

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