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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. In Morrison's point of view, what does the fabrication of an Africanist presence a reflexive mediation on?
(a) Society.
(b) Writers.
(c) The self.
(d) Readers.

2. Who wrote the quote from Penelogical Studies: Southern Exposure?
(a) Tori Morrison.
(b) Henry James.
(c) Robert Penn Warren.
(d) Edgar Allan Poe.

3. What is the second meditation that Morrison suggests an American group offers itself up as a surrogate for?
(a) Patience.
(b) Terror.
(c) History.
(d) Virtue.

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

5. What does Morrison describe as being the second feature of a non-American?
(a) Skills.
(b) Health.
(c) Social status.
(d) Financial status.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the author of What Maisie Knew?

3. What does Morrison describe as being the first feature of a non-American?

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

5. What does Morrison teach?

(see the answer key)

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