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Quiz – Toni Morrison

To celebrate one of America’s greatest writers birthday’s; Toni Morrison was born on the 18th February 1931 – a quiz to honour her life and works.

 

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  • Question of

    What was Morrison’s real first name?

    • Chloe
    • Antonia
  • Question of

    What was her first published novel?

    • Song of Solomon
    • The Bluest Eye
  • Question of

    Which decade is The Bluest Eye set in?

    • 1940s
    • 1920s
  • Question of

    For which book did she win the Pulitzer Prize in 1988?

    • Beloved
    • Jazz
  • Question of

    Who is Sula’s best friend and keeper of the traumatic secret?

    • Hannah
    • Nel
  • Question of

    In Song of Solomon what is Macon Dead III’s nickname?

    • Milkman
    • Chicken Little
  • Question of

    What state was Morrison born in?

    • Georgia
    • Ohio
  • Question of

    Where do Jadine and Son meet in Tar Baby?

    • Paris
    • Caribbean
  • Question of

    Which of Morrison’s novels opens with the line, ‘124 was spiteful. Full of a baby’s venom.’

    • Beloved
    • Home
  • Question of

    For which publisher did she become the first black female editor in the late 60s?

    • Random House
    • Macmillan
  • Question of

    In which novel does Violet Trace assault the corpse of her husband’s lover at the funeral?

    • A Mercy
    • Jazz
  • Question of

    Which of Morrison’s books did Oprah Winfrey select for her new Book Club in 1996?

    • Song of Solomon
    • Paradise
  • Question of

    What is the name of the town in Paradise?

    • Ruby
    • Seneca
  • Question of

    Which major award did she win in 1993?

    • Booker Prize
    • Nobel Prize
  • Question of

    What is the name of the late hotel owner in Love?

    • Junior
    • Bill
  • Question of

    In 1998 she was only the second black writer of fiction to appear on what?

    • The cover of Time Magazine
    • The cover of People Magazine
  • Question of

    In A Mercy which disease wiped out Lina’s tribe?

    • Measles
    • Smallpox
  • Question of

    What was Morrison’s final published novel?

    • God Help the Child
    • Home
  • Question of

    In Home which war is Frank Money a veteran of?

    • Korean
    • Second World War
  • Question of

    In God Help the Child what is Bride’s real name?

    • Grace Divine
    • Lula Ann

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