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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 is Dunbar able to justify?
(a) Leaving Europe.
(b) Starving his slaves.
(c) Killing a man.
(d) Giving his slaves lashes.

2. What does Morrison reflect on the consequences of in the preface?
(a) Modern music.
(b) Jazz music.
(c) Classic literature.
(d) Contemporary novels.

3. What is the second duty of a persona?
(a) Creation.
(b) Envy.
(c) Belief.
(d) Reification.

4. What does Morrison wonder most about Cardinal?
(a) When she felt she had to panic.
(b) Why she went to a Louis Armstrong concert.
(c) Why she wrote a book.
(d) When she knew she was in trouble.

5. What is Morrison interested in determining about domination?
(a) How domination becomes possible.
(b) Who encourages domination.
(c) Where domination comes from.
(d) How domination spreads.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group of America's population offers itself up as a surrogate, in Morrison's point of view?

2. What hidden signals does Morrison look for?

3. Which group, according to Morrison, is more likely to claim that racism is neutral?

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

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

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