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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 does Morrison see that the subject of the dream is?
(a) The action in the dream.
(b) The dream itself.
(c) The symbolism of the dream.
(d) The dreamer.

2. According to Dunbar, from what do his slaves want freedom from?
(a) Themselves.
(b) The state.
(c) The country.
(d) His plantation.

3. Which of the following words refers to denotative and connotative blackness that the African people have come to signify?
(a) Black literature.
(b) African-American.
(c) Africanism.
(d) Americanism.

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

5. What does Morrison argue for extending?
(a) The study of racial interactions.
(b) The study of racism.
(c) The study of African literature.
(d) The study of American literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which type of artist does Morrison describe as being the most anarchic?

2. Possessed, where does Cardinal run?

3. Who did Morrison thank for helping her with the book?

4. How does Morrison feel about the scholar who deemed the term "darky" acceptable?

5. What does Morrison claim has impoverished literature?

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