Book
What state does the majority of the book take place in?
Georgia
Who directed the movie adaptation of The Color Purple?
Steven Spielberg
What practice was installed to replace slavery at the end of the Civil War?
Sharecropping
Which feminist scholar and writer wrote the book, In Search of The Color Purple, that is reviewed in the article?
Salamishah Tillet
What family member of Alice Walker is the novel's story partially based upon?
Her grandmother
In the beginning part of the novel, what advice does Celie give Harpo when he asks for help getting Sofia to behave?
Celie tells him to beat her
Who says "I'm Poor, Black, I May Even Be Ugly, But Dear God, I'm Here! I'm Here?"
Celie
What did Martin Luther King Jr. call in 1959 “a hate group arising in our midst that would preach the doctrine of black supremacy?”
The Nation of Islam
What part of Tillet's book did Jennifer Wilson (the author of the article) not agree with?
She did not agree with how Tillet compared backlash to Alice Walker's antisemitic remarks alongside the misogynistic critics to the film, implying those who called out Walker’s behavior as contributers to stereotypes about Black women.
What prestigious prize did The Color Purple win in 1983?
The Pulitzer Prize
What important figure does Celie begin to think of in a new way after talking to Shug and beginning to see herself as an independent person?
God
What major aspect of the novel was significantly toned down in the film?
The sexual relationship between Shug and Celie
What is intersectionality?
A framework for conceptualizing a person, group of people, or social problem as affected by a number of discriminations and disadvantages. It was first coined by Kimberle Williams Crenshaw in 1989.
According to the article, what aspect of The Color Purple caused backlash from critics and displayed the "perennial problem for Black women doing creative and political work at the intersection of gender and racial politics?"
Its depiction of black men as violent and sexually aggressive and its willingness to call out sexual violence within the Black community
Where did Alice Walker attend college?
Spelman College and Sarah Lawrence College
What is the location in which Nettie realizes that African Americans can live well, have pride in their heritage, and have access to material things?
Harlem, New York
What reason for Celie returning from Tennessee to Georgia is cut from the movie?
Shug telling Celie she wishes to a have a relationship with Germaine.
What change does Clayborne Carson cite as the turning point in Black-Jewish relations, and a cause of increasing Black-Jewish conflict after 1966?
The rise of the Black Power movement.
The article draws connections between the critical response to The Color Purple with critiques of the #MeToo movement. She proceeds to give examples of high-profile Black men comparing the women accusing them of sexual assault to lynch mobs. Name one of the examples she gives.
R. Kelly; Clarence Thomas during the Anita Hill hearing; Bill Cosby’s wife
In the preface, what does Alice Walker focus upon as of primary importance for the novel's story?
Religion
As mentioned in the article, The Color Purple movie lost the best picture Oscar in 1985. Which movie took home the award instead?
Sydney Pollack’s Out of Africa
In what statement did a "collective of Black feminists" discuss the beginnings, goals, and problems of Black feminism?
The Combahee River Collective Statement
According to Tillet, what stood between The Color Purple and recognition as “an American masterpiece?”
The white establishment’s preference to frame racial injustice in terms of concerns facing Black men
What notable African-American man criticized Alice Walker for her Anti-semitic beliefs and her stereotypical portrayal of Black men?
Ishmael Reed