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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 white image related to the erasure of, according to Morrison?
(a) Non-whiteness.
(b) Literary whiteness.
(c) Black figure.
(d) Africanism in literature.

2. What is the name of the author Morrison opens up with in Chapter 3?
(a) James.
(b) Cath.
(c) Williams.
(d) Poe.

3. 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.

4. What does Morrison reflect on the consequences of in the preface?
(a) Jazz music.
(b) Classic literature.
(c) Modern music.
(d) Contemporary novels.

5. Which of the following is true about Africanism around the world?
(a) American literature is the only type of literature that features Africanism.
(b) African literature is the only type of literature that has not constructed Africanism.
(c) The US is not unique in its construction of Africanism.
(d) Europe is the only first-world region that does not acknowledge Africanism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Africanism acquiring a metaphysical necessity is not the same as losing its _______?

2. According to Morrison, what is Hemingway's work distant from?

3. When was a criticism written deeming the term "darky" acceptable?

4. In which novel does Morrison discuss a character named Catherine?

5. What does Huckleberry Finn critique?

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