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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. What does Morrison debate the validity of?
(a) American literature is light with no undertones.
(b) American literature is only about Americans.
(c) American literature is unbiased.
(d) American literature is free form.

2. What does Morrison wish studies of racism would focus on?
(a) Impact of racism on those who perpetuate it.
(b) Impact of racism on readers and writers.
(c) Impact of racism on children.
(d) Impact of racism on society's foundation.

3. What do some suggest is a way to evade history?
(a) Nationalism.
(b) Romance.
(c) Race.
(d) Religion.

4. Which of the following is not a linguistic strategy employed in fiction to engage the serious consequences of blacks as an economy of stereotype as listed by Morrison?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Fetishization.
(c) Allegory.
(d) Metonymy.

5. Which of the following elements of racism does Morrison say studies of racism focus on?
(a) Why literature is racist.
(b) Origin of racism.
(c) People who have failed as a result of racism.
(d) Consequences of racism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of writer is Poe?

2. In Harry Morgan's crew, what is the name of the black man?

3. In one of Hemingway's works, which character provides a juxtaposition to Catherine?

4. Who is the second author Morrison mentions as including black references in his or her work?

5. In reference to the opening passage, how does Morrison claim race is used?

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