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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. How many lectures is Playing in the Dark based on?
(a) 5.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 7.

2. Who is the second author Morrison mentions as including black references in his or her work?
(a) Lawrence.
(b) Proust.
(c) Du Maurier.
(d) Faulkner.

3. According to Morrison, what do reading and writing require?
(a) Perseverance.
(b) Alertness.
(c) Anger.
(d) Fear.

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

5. What does Morrison describe as being the first feature of a non-American?
(a) Slave status.
(b) Personality.
(c) Existence.
(d) Hair color.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Morrison acknowledge?

2. What is Morrison interested in determining about domination?

3. Where does Morrison's vulnerability lie?

4. In Morrison's point of view, what does the fabrication of an Africanist presence a reflexive mediation on?

5. For Morrison, when a writer is challenged and activities are more difficult, what else do they become?

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