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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Africanism acquiring a metaphysical necessity is not the same as losing its _______?
2. In Hemingway's work, the women with which characteristics are the most desirable?
3. Which group does Morrison say responds to culture the most?
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?
5. What is the white image related to the erasure of, according to Morrison?
Short Essay Questions
1. From Morrison's point of view, how do writers see whiteness?
2. What does Morrison hope to avert the critical gaze from and to?
3. According to Morrison, what does Poe's work show?
4. According to Morrison, when is mankind bereft?
5. What does William Carlos Williams's Adam describe?
6. How does early America distinguish itself by pressing toward a future of freedom?
7. Why does Morrison deem Poe the most important early American writer?
8. How does Huckleberry Finn critique class and race?
9. According to Morrison, who responds best to culture and why?
10. According to Morrison, what does American literature represent a commentary of?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Morrison claims that ignoring race in literature is a racist act in itself. Why is this true or untrue? Point out at least two of her arguments and provide support for them and criticize them.
Essay Topic 2
Morrison started a file to document instances of black people igniting moments of discovery in literature not written by them. Why is this significant? Why did Morrison begin doing this? Is this a positive or negative thing for Morrison to do? Why? What effect did doing this have on Morrison?
Essay Topic 3
According to Morrison, what are literary whiteness and literary blackness? What are the consequences of literary whiteness and blackness? How were literary whiteness and blackness created? How does Morrison avoid these two concepts?
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