Daily Quiz | On novelist Toni Morrison

Q: Here is an easy question. What is her full name? 

A: Chloe Anthony Wofford Toni Morrison

Q: This is Morrison’s first novel, first published in 1970. The novel tells the story of a young African-American girl named Pecola who grew up following the Great Depression. Which is this book? 

A: The Bluest Eye

Q: While working at Random House, Morrison played a vital role in bringing Black literature into the mainstream. During that time, she published and promoted the work of this little-known novelist and poet who in 1968 had been shot to death by a transit officer in the New York City Subway. Who was it?

A: Henry Dumas

Q: She was the first Black woman of any nationality to win most coveted prize, in 1993. Which was it?

A: Nobel prize in literature

Q: When this person won U.S. presidential race, Morrison said she felt like an American for the first time. Who was the President? 

A: Barack Obama