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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. What is Morrison skeptical about?
(a) The Words to Say It is an autobiography.
(b) The author of The Words to Say It is a real person.
(c) The author of The Words to Say It was actually healed.
(d) The Words to Say It is a work of fiction.

2. What two things does Morrison claim not to be extremely distinct for a writer?
(a) Visual art and performance art.
(b) Speaking and writing.
(c) Reading and drawing.
(d) Reading and writing.

3. Which of the following best describes Marie Cardinal?
(a) Small and crass.
(b) White and privileged.
(c) Sensitive and young.
(d) Stressed and insane.

4. What is the name of Sapphira's slave?
(a) Nancy.
(b) Amy.
(c) Lola.
(d) Stephanie.

5. Which of the following words does Morrison use to describe writers?
(a) Telling.
(b) Lustrious.
(c) Probing.
(d) Angry.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was a criticism written deeming the term "darky" acceptable?

3. How many years back did the presence of African-Americans in the US begin?

4. What begins to tear at Cardinal's nerves?

5. What does a character in Hemingway's work refer to having sex with black women as?

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