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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 The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, how many days are described?
(a) 30.
(b) 365.
(c) 2.
(d) 7.

2. When did Morrison read The Words to Say It?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1990.

3. What does Morrison start a file to document?
(a) Instances of white people causing disturbances in Africanist literature.
(b) Instances of Africanist literature that do not acknowledge racial superiority.
(c) Instances of black people being impressed by white people.
(d) Instances of black people igniting moments of discovery in literature.

4. In American literature, what does Morrison believe artists transfer internal conflicts to?
(a) Literary strengths.
(b) Blank darkness.
(c) Literary blackness.
(d) Pride.

5. In what role does Morrison see the subject of a dream?
(a) Writer.
(b) Reader.
(c) Artist.
(d) Black woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the lectures that Playing in the Dark is based on given?

2. What is assumed about literature much of the time, in Morrison's point of view?

3. What book discusses certain kinds of readings that seem inextricable from certain experiences of writing and knowledge?

4. What does Morrison wonder most about Cardinal?

5. Who does the main female character in Sapphira and the Slave Girl demand power over?

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