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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Morrison's vulnerability lie?
(a) Romanticizing blackness.
(b) She is biased.
(c) Caring for racial superiority.
(d) She is a woman.

3. Which of the following is true about Africanism around the world?
(a) African literature is the only type of literature that has not constructed Africanism.
(b) Europe is the only first-world region that does not acknowledge Africanism.
(c) The US is not unique in its construction of Africanism.
(d) American literature is the only type of literature that features Africanism.

4. In Morrison's point of view, what does the fabrication of an Africanist presence a reflexive mediation on?
(a) Readers.
(b) The self.
(c) Writers.
(d) Society.

5. What does Morrison believe we need to learn about to discover the nature and cause of literary whiteness?
(a) Who invented Africanism.
(b) Why we rely on Africanism in literature.
(c) How Africanism functions.
(d) Why we read American fiction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Sapphira's slave?

2. Possessed, where does Cardinal run?

3. According to Cardinal, what does America plan to slaughter?

4. What does Morrison consider the consequences of?

5. What does Morrison propose to investigate?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which authors does Morrison describe as using black references in their work?

2. After reading the preface, what can the reader expect Morrison to discuss?

3. What are Morrison's intentions in studying Africanism?

4. To Morrison, why are reading and writing not extremely distinct for a writer?

5. What is the Byatt quote from Possession about?

6. Why doesn't Sapphira and the Slave Girl allow readers to ignore race?

7. What does it mean when Morrison says that her vulnerability lies in romanticizing blackness?

8. How does Morrison view other writers?

9. How does Morrison describe the world that we live in today, and what effect does it have on her as a writer?

10. What does Toni Morrison think about Marie Cardinal's book?

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