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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Disturbing Nurses and the Kindness of Sharks.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Morrison skeptical about?
(a) The Words to Say It is a work of fiction.
(b) The author of The Words to Say It is a real person.
(c) The Words to Say It is an autobiography.
(d) The author of The Words to Say It was actually healed.

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

3. Which of the following is the first duty of a persona?
(a) Existence.
(b) Dutifulness.
(c) Blackness.
(d) Exorcism.

4. Where does Morrison's vulnerability lie?
(a) She is biased.
(b) Caring for racial superiority.
(c) She is a woman.
(d) Romanticizing blackness.

5. Who is Sapphira jealous of?
(a) Her daughter.
(b) Her slave.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her mother.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the race of the character in The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym?

3. Who does Sapphira plot to rape her slave?

4. Which of the dichotomies is shown in the example of a slave woman being kind to her mistress's children but her own mother is not good to her?

5. Who is the author of Three Lives?

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