Everyday Use: Themes, Motifs and Symbols Quiz: Quick Quiz

1 of 5
What important term do Dee and Mama both attribute different meanings to?

Heritage
Love
Oppression
Home

2 of 5
What social institution has driven a wedge between Dee and her family, and between Dee and a true sense of self?

Mass media
Religion
Marriage
Education

3 of 5
With what motif does Walker represent characters' difficulty relating to each other, and to the outside world?

Speech/speech impediments
Physical touch
Eyesight/eye contact
Ears/listening

4 of 5
What motif signals the way in which characters connect to, or disconnect from, the past?

Naming/renaming
Artifact collection/destruction
Accents/dialects
Sewing/cutting

5 of 5
What symbolic space represents freedom from the regrets and shortcomings that have infiltrated Mama's life?

The living room
The yard
The schoolhouse
The veranda

Everyday Use

Themes, Motifs and Symbols Quiz

1 of 5
What important term do Dee and Mama both attribute different meanings to?

2 of 5
What social institution has driven a wedge between Dee and her family, and between Dee and a true sense of self?

3 of 5
With what motif does Walker represent characters' difficulty relating to each other, and to the outside world?

4 of 5
What motif signals the way in which characters connect to, or disconnect from, the past?

5 of 5
What symbolic space represents freedom from the regrets and shortcomings that have infiltrated Mama's life?

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1 of 5 What important term do Dee and Mama both attribute different meanings to?

2 of 5 What social institution has driven a wedge between Dee and her family, and between Dee and a true sense of self?

3 of 5 With what motif does Walker represent characters' difficulty relating to each other, and to the outside world?

4 of 5 What motif signals the way in which characters connect to, or disconnect from, the past?

5 of 5 What symbolic space represents freedom from the regrets and shortcomings that have infiltrated Mama's life?

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1 of 5
What important term do Dee and Mama both attribute different meanings to?

2 of 5
What social institution has driven a wedge between Dee and her family, and between Dee and a true sense of self?

3 of 5
With what motif does Walker represent characters' difficulty relating to each other, and to the outside world?

4 of 5
What motif signals the way in which characters connect to, or disconnect from, the past?

5 of 5
What symbolic space represents freedom from the regrets and shortcomings that have infiltrated Mama's life?