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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 "the Thing"?
(a) Cardinal's illness.
(b) Morrison's distaste for Africanist literature.
(c) Classic literature.
(d) Louis Armstrong concert.

2. 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 igniting moments of discovery in literature.
(d) Instances of black people being impressed by white people.

3. Where does William Dunbar claim land?
(a) Oklahoma.
(b) Missouri.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Florida.

4. Who does Morrison attribute as being the most sensitive type of artist?
(a) Painter.
(b) Writer.
(c) Reader.
(d) Illustrator.

5. How many pages into The Words to Say It does "the thing" happen?
(a) 10.
(b) 120.
(c) 40.
(d) 80.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Morrison teach?

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

3. Which of the following elements of racism does Morrison say studies of racism focus on?

4. How does Morrison describe early America as distinguishing itself?

5. What does The Words to Say It document about the author?

(see the answer key)

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