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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: Romancing the Shadow.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote Voyagers of the West?
(a) Poe.
(b) Dunbar.
(c) Cath.
(d) Bailyn.

2. What type of possibilities does Morrison think slavery enriches in America?
(a) Creative.
(b) Intellectual.
(c) Historical.
(d) Romantic.

3. Who is the author of Sapphira and the Slave Girl?
(a) Toni Morrison.
(b) Willa Cather.
(c) Williamm Shakespeare.
(d) Maya Angelou.

4. What is the second meditation that Morrison suggests an American group offers itself up as a surrogate for?
(a) Terror.
(b) History.
(c) Patience.
(d) Virtue.

5. What does Morrison believe we need to learn about to discover the nature and cause of literary whiteness?
(a) How Africanism functions.
(b) Why we read American fiction.
(c) Who invented Africanism.
(d) Why we rely on Africanism in literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What hidden signals does Morrison look for?

2. What are Dunbar's finer sensibilities dulled by?

3. Who did Morrison thank for helping her with the book?

4. What does Morrison claim has impoverished literature?

5. What is the main theme in Sapphira and the Slave Girl?

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