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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. Which flight is described by Morrison as an escape?
(a) Anger to acceptance.
(b) Happiness to unruliness.
(c) War to peace.
(d) Old World to New World.

2. Until recently, what did Morrison assume about all readers of American fiction?
(a) They are white.
(b) They are women.
(c) They are men.
(d) They are raceless.

3. Why does Morrison claim to struggle with language that evokes hidden signals?
(a) She is a black writer.
(b) She is a good writer.
(c) She is a female writer.
(d) She is a bad writer.

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

5. What color does Catherine dye her hair?
(a) Brown.
(b) Blonde.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Morrison determine is the cause of Nancy's mother's lack of maternal love?

2. Who was criticized by a scholar who deemed the term "darky" acceptable?

3. Who is the author of The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym?

4. In the book about Faulkner, what "show their flaws best in written form"?

5. What two things does Morrison claim not to be extremely distinct for a writer?

(see the answer key)

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