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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2: Romancing the Shadow.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which flight is described by Morrison as an escape?
(a) Old World to New World.
(b) Happiness to unruliness.
(c) War to peace.
(d) Anger to acceptance.

2. What does Morrison see that the subject of the dream is?
(a) The dream itself.
(b) The action in the dream.
(c) The symbolism of the dream.
(d) The dreamer.

3. Who wrote The Words to Say It?
(a) Mason Conte.
(b) Marilee Coxwell.
(c) Marie Cardinal.
(d) Maxine Christenson.

4. Who does Morrison consider to be the most important early American writer in regard to the concept of Africanism in literature?
(a) Poe.
(b) James.
(c) Dickinson.
(d) Cath.

5. Who is the author of The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym?
(a) Henry James.
(b) Willa Cather.
(c) Edgar Allan Poe.
(d) George Bernard Shaw.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following words refers to denotative and connotative blackness that the African people have come to signify?

2. Who does Morrison attribute as being the most sensitive type of artist?

3. Who was Cardinal warned against having relationships with?

4. In the attack on Algeria, what does Cardinal see?

5. According to Morrison, what do reading and writing require?

(see the answer key)

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