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

2. The presence of blacks is inherent and inextricable from the definition of which word?
(a) Americanness.
(b) Black.
(c) Africanist.
(d) Literature.

3. What has the image of the bound and suppressed darkness become objectified as?
(a) Black persona.
(b) Benevolent person.
(c) White persona.
(d) Africanist persona.

4. Who is the author of What Maisie Knew?
(a) Toni Morrison.
(b) Gertrude Stein.
(c) Willa Cather.
(d) Henry James.

5. What is Dunbar able to justify?
(a) Starving his slaves.
(b) Killing a man.
(c) Leaving Europe.
(d) Giving his slaves lashes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which work features Harry Morgan?

2. In Hemingway's works, what do black nurse-men often articulate?

3. In The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, how many days are described?

4. Which of the following words refers to denotative and connotative blackness that the African people have come to signify?

5. What accusations does Morrison accept the risk of when discussing studies of racism?

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