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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. For Morrison, when a writer is challenged and activities are more difficult, what else do they become?
(a) More rewarding.
(b) More exciting.
(c) Less significant.
(d) Less valuable.

2. According to Morrison, what do readers and writers fight for?
(a) Determination and fear.
(b) Meaning and responsibility.
(c) Defintion and defiance.
(d) Individuality and duality.

3. Which group, according to Morrison, is more likely to claim that racism is neutral?
(a) Africans.
(b) Americans.
(c) Europeans.
(d) Asians.

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

5. Which of the following is true about Africanism around the world?
(a) Europe is the only first-world region that does not acknowledge Africanism.
(b) The US is not unique in its construction of Africanism.
(c) African literature is the only type of literature that has not constructed Africanism.
(d) American literature is the only type of literature that features Africanism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Morrison wish studies of racism would focus on?

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

3. What is the name of Sapphira's slave?

4. Morrison says that what item reveals itself differently to each writer?

5. Who gave the lectures that Morrison bases Playing in the Dark on?

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