SparkNotes: 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

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?