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Beloved

Toni Morrison

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Summary
Characters
- Character List
- Sethe
- Denver
- Beloved
- Paul D
- Baby Suggs
Main Ideas
- Themes
- Motifs
- Symbols
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- Protagonist
- Antagonist
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- Genre
- Style
- Point of View
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- Who is Beloved?
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- Slavery
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- Sethe
- Denver
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- Paul D
- Baby Suggs
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Context Quiz

Further Study Context Quiz

1 of 5
When was Toni Morrison born?

1871
1891
1911
1931

2 of 5
Why did Morrison change her name?

People couldn't pronounce Chloe
To write black fiction
To obscure her gender
To avoid her family

3 of 5
Morrison was the first African American to win what award?

Pulitzer Prize
Man Booker Prize
Hugo Award
Nobel Prize in Literature

4 of 5
Which historical period is the setting for Beloved?

The Great Depression
The Civil Rights era
Reconstruction
The Civil War

5 of 5
Morrison believes that African American writers should not have to pander to white audiences, but should focus on ___.

African American readers
The business of writing
International audience
Realism in stories

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