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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the novel featuring Catherine, what is the social taboo of blackness associated with?
(a) Wickedness.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Strangeness.
(d) Benevolence.

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

4. What does Morrison describe as the third feature of a non-American?
(a) Color.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Personality.
(d) Education.

5. In what year does William Dunbar write about suppression?
(a) 1768.
(b) 1789.
(c) 1776.
(d) 1755.

6. What type of writer is Poe?
(a) German.
(b) Irish.
(c) American.
(d) English.

7. What is the name of the book Morrison opens with in Chapter 3?
(a) Adam.
(b) Charles.
(c) Benjamin.
(d) William.

8. What does Morrison describe as being the first feature of a non-American?
(a) Slave status.
(b) Existence.
(c) Personality.
(d) Hair color.

9. When Catherine colors her hair, how does her husband respond?
(a) He is excited.
(b) He does not notice.
(c) He is ambivalent.
(d) He is angry.

10. In the Henry Morgan book, who is portrayed as being the most violent?
(a) Blacks.
(b) Whites.
(c) Henry's father.
(d) Henry Morgan.

11. Where does William Dunbar appear after claiming land?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Miami.
(c) Philadelphia.
(d) New York City.

12. What has the image of the bound and suppressed darkness become objectified as?
(a) White persona.
(b) Black persona.
(c) Africanist persona.
(d) Benevolent person.

13. What is the first role that the Africanist character serves as?
(a) Intentional racist target.
(b) Surrogate.
(c) A way to evoke emotion.
(d) Benevolent figure.

14. What is the white image related to the erasure of, according to Morrison?
(a) Non-whiteness.
(b) Africanism in literature.
(c) Black figure.
(d) Literary whiteness.

15. How does Morrison describe early America as distinguishing itself?
(a) Pushing toward freedom from racial prejudice.
(b) Pushing toward better quality literature.
(c) Pushing toward a future of freedom.
(d) Pushing toward freedom from Africanism.

Short Answer Questions

1. The presence of blacks is inherent and inextricable from the definition of which word?

2. Morrison's investigation is specifically listed as not being one of which of the following?

3. What color does Catherine dye her hair?

4. What is the name of Catherine's husband?

5. In Hemingway's work, who represents an outlaw of sexuality?

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