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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1: Black Matters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Morrison claims that she does not want to replace what with Afrocentric domination?
(a) American.
(b) White.
(c) Eurocentric.
(d) Literature.

2. What are references to Sapphira and the Slave Girl noted as being?
(a) Apologetic.
(b) Demeaning.
(c) Lackluster.
(d) Spiteful.

3. Which of the following words does Morrison use to describe writers?
(a) Lustrious.
(b) Angry.
(c) Probing.
(d) Telling.

4. Who is the author of Three Lives?
(a) Willa Cather.
(b) Henry James.
(c) Gertrude Stein.
(d) Marie Cardinal.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Morrison claim that critics do not say about Sapphira and the Slave Girl?

2. Which author does Morrison mention first as containing black references?

3. How many pages into The Words to Say It does "the thing" happen?

4. What does Morrison believe we need to learn about to discover the nature and cause of literary whiteness?

5. In what role does Morrison describe herself as assuming nothing happens?

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