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

2. Morrison says that what item reveals itself differently to each writer?
(a) Paper.
(b) Book.
(c) Pen.
(d) Notebook.

3. Who wrote Voyagers of the West?
(a) Dunbar.
(b) Cath.
(c) Bailyn.
(d) Poe.

4. According to Morrison, what do readers and writers struggle to interpret?
(a) Excitement and happiness.
(b) Character traits like anger.
(c) Dialogue.
(d) Imagined worlds.

5. According to Morrison, what demands are put on black people?
(a) Persistence and drive.
(b) Anger and acceptance.
(c) Purity and restraint.
(d) Hope and loss.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of writer is Poe?

2. In American literature, what does Morrison believe artists transfer internal conflicts to?

3. What accusations does Morrison accept the risk of when discussing studies of racism?

4. Where does Morrison teach?

5. What is "the Thing"?

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