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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. What does Morrison claim is not representative of a black woman for her?
(a) Dread.
(b) All of the above.
(c) Love.
(d) Anarchy.

2. Which of the following elements of racism does Morrison say studies of racism focus on?
(a) People who have failed as a result of racism.
(b) Why literature is racist.
(c) Origin of racism.
(d) Consequences of racism.

3. How does Morrison feel about the scholar who deemed the term "darky" acceptable?
(a) Accepting.
(b) Angry.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Distrusting.

4. In what year does William Dunbar write about suppression?
(a) 1768.
(b) 1755.
(c) 1776.
(d) 1789.

5. What rises up when the character dies in The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym?
(a) Glitter.
(b) Black smoke.
(c) Gray fog.
(d) White shadows.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of Possession?

2. What is "the Thing"?

3. What does Morrison claim that critics do not say about Sapphira and the Slave Girl?

4. What notion must a writer be aware of when reading and writing?

5. What does Morrison start a file to document?

(see the answer key)

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