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Meridian
Alice Walker
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Meridian Hill
Truman Held
Lynne Rabinowitz
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Analysis of Major Characters Quiz
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Analysis of Major Characters Quiz
1
of 5
What two emotions is Meridian filled with, due to her relationship with her mother?
Moral superiority, disapproval
Self-awareness, self-acceptance
Guilt, rage
Guilt, sadness
2
of 5
What does Meridian become by the end of the novel?
Broken, damaged
Whole, healthy
Whole, sickly
Broken, healthy
3
of 5
What does Truman work as in Harlem?
An artist
A journalist
A doctor
A lawyer
4
of 5
Truman expects women to live up to a standard of ___ that he himself does not apply to himself.
Aesthetics
Aggression
Purity
Rationality
5
of 5
Lynne equates the often-gritty reality of black life in the South with what?
Poverty
Herself
The past
Art
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