Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 103 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination Test | Final Test - Hard

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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 does the American group that offers itself up as a surrogate represent a meditation on?

2. In the novel featuring Catherine, what is the social taboo of blackness associated with?

3. According to Morrison, whose work is free of agenda and sensitivity?

4. What rises up when the character dies in The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym?

5. In which novel does Morrison discuss a character named Catherine?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the unmanageable slips throughout Poe's work.

2. What role do black men play in Hemingway's works?

3. Describe one major theme Morrison lists being consistent with American literature.

4. According to Morrison, what does Poe's work show?

5. How does Morrison describe the Africanist persona?

6. What is Morrison's deliberation entirely about?

7. According to Morrison, who responds best to culture and why?

8. Describe To Have and Have Not.

9. How does early America distinguish itself by pressing toward a future of freedom?

10. What is the significance of nurses in Hemingway's work?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does early America distinguish itself by pressing toward a future of freedom? What does this mean? How does this movement help Americans escape oppression? How does romance help to evade history?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

How does Hemingway portray race in his work? How is Hemingway distant from African-Americans in his work? What does this tell the reader? How does Hemingway show the difference between males and females? How does he relate this to race?

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