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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. What is the name of Catherine's husband?
2. In one of Hemingway's works, what does the character named Catherine aspire to be for her husband?
3. How does the character discussing sex in Hemingway's novel think of black women?
4. What is the name of the author Morrison opens up with in Chapter 3?
5. A common claim is that white America has considered morality and other virtues without reference to which group?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does early America distinguish itself by pressing toward a future of freedom?
2. Why is the act of ignoring race in literature a racist act?
3. Why does Morrison suggest that Dunbar's finer sensibilities have been dulled?
4. Why does Morrison deem Poe the most important early American writer?
5. According to Morrison, who responds best to culture and why?
6. Describe one major theme Morrison lists being consistent with American literature.
7. What characteristics does Morrison describe as being the distinguishing features of non-Americans?
8. How is Hemingway's work distant from African Americans?
9. What does William Carlos Williams's Adam describe?
10. What role do black men play in Hemingway's works?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why is Poe considered to be the most important writer in terms of Africanism in early American literature? What does white imagery have to do with Poe's work?
Essay Topic 2
Morrison describes the world as being genderized, sexualized, and racialized. Explain the effect these characteristics of the world have on Morrison as a writer as well as on people in general. Give three specific examples of how the world is genderized, sexualized, and racialized, one for each characteristic. Explain the consequences of living in a world with these qualities.
Essay Topic 3
Morrison points out the distinguishing features of non-Americans are slave status, social status, and color. Give three examples of these features in action throughout history.
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