Questions in Past Papers (PU) | Jazz by Toni Morrison | Eureka Study Aids

1. What is the symbolic significance of the title 'Jazz' by Toni Morrison? (2003) 

2. Discuss the context and significance of the women characters in Toni Morrison's novel Jazz. (2004) 

3. The novel 'Jazz' by Toni Morrison reflects the complexities of urban life. Illustrate the statement. (2005) 

4. 1. Toni Morrison has used the subject of Jazz music as a metaphor for the ever changing conditions of African-American life in the 1920s and as a reflection of the perpetual human struggle between right and wrong. Elaborate. (2006) 

5. What is the symbolic significance of the title "Jazz" by Toni Morrison? (2007) 

6. Joni Morrison weaves multiple strands of black experience into the narrative structure of 'Jazz'. Pick one strand and comment critically on its connection with the lives of Joe and Violot. (2008) 

7. What is the symbolic significance of the title of Jazz. (2009) 

8. Discuss the character and role of Dorcas and Felice. By what particular devices and effects does Morrison portray them in her novel Jazz? (2010) 

9. Discuss the symbolic significance of the title Jazz by Morrison. (2011) 

10. Do you consider Morrison's novel 'Jazz' to be more optimistic than pessimistic? (2012) 

11. Discuss the character and role of Violet in the novel Jazz (Morrison). By what particular devices and effects is she conveyed? How much sympathy do you have for her? (2013) 

12. Analyse the character and role of Joe. Trace in JAZZ by Toni Morrison. (2014) 

13. "Jazz" is about race and slavery. Comment. (2015) 

14. "Jazz" by Toni Morrison exposes dark history of black slavery in American continent. (2017) 

15. Jazz" is known not only for its criticism of slavery but for an audacious narrative style befitting for the decpiction of the history of slavery. Elucidate. (2018) 

16. Discuss the significance of the title in Morrison's "Jazz" as a narrative tool. (2019)