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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. Who gave the lectures that Morrison bases Playing in the Dark on?
(a) Wexley Moth.
(b) Willard Mast.
(c) Westley Morford.
(d) William Massey.

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

3. Which group, according to Morrison, is more likely to claim that racism is neutral?
(a) Europeans.
(b) Africans.
(c) Asians.
(d) Americans.

4. Who is the author of Three Lives?
(a) Gertrude Stein.
(b) Willa Cather.
(c) Marie Cardinal.
(d) Henry James.

5. What is American literature described as being in Playing in the Dark?
(a) A closet.
(b) A bookshelf.
(c) A treasure trove.
(d) A melting pot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Africanism acquiring a metaphysical necessity is not the same as losing its _______?

2. What does Huckleberry Finn critique?

3. In Hemingway's novel, how does the female character see the male's brutality and power?

4. The serviceability of the Africanist presence is more pronounced when Hemingway describes the relationships between which groups?

5. Which of the following elements of racism does Morrison say studies of racism focus on?

(see the answer key)

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