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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Disturbing Nurses and the Kindness of Sharks.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the attack on Algeria, what does Cardinal see?
(a) White slaughter of a white mother.
(b) White slaughter of a black mother.
(c) Vengeful slaughter of an innocent.
(d) White slaughter of an Indian mother.

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

3. Which type of artist does Morrison describe as being the most anarchic?
(a) Readers.
(b) Photographers.
(c) Writers.
(d) Painters.

4. What is Dunbar able to justify?
(a) Killing a man.
(b) Starving his slaves.
(c) Giving his slaves lashes.
(d) Leaving Europe.

5. Which of the following words does Morrison use to describe writers?
(a) Lustrious.
(b) Telling.
(c) Angry.
(d) Probing.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the novel, what does Catherine want to be?

2. What does Morrison describe as being the first feature of a non-American?

3. Which of the following words refers to denotative and connotative blackness that the African people have come to signify?

4. What is assumed about literature much of the time, in Morrison's point of view?

5. What is the third duty of a persona?

(see the answer key)

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