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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. Where does Morrison teach?
(a) UCLA.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Brown.
(d) Princeton.

2. What notion must a writer be aware of when reading and writing?
(a) Risk.
(b) Anger.
(c) Racism.
(d) Prejudice.

3. What does Morrison claim has impoverished literature?
(a) Agendas in criticism.
(b) Anger at Eurocentric culture.
(c) Critics of American literature.
(d) New readers.

4. Who gave the lectures that Morrison bases Playing in the Dark on?
(a) Willard Mast.
(b) Wexley Moth.
(c) William Massey.
(d) Westley Morford.

5. What do some suggest is a way to evade history?
(a) Religion.
(b) Nationalism.
(c) Romance.
(d) Race.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Cardinal warned against having relationships with?

2. Why does Morrison claim to struggle with language that evokes hidden signals?

3. Where were the lectures that Playing in the Dark is based on given?

4. What is the main theme in Sapphira and the Slave Girl?

5. In what role does Morrison see the subject of a dream?

(see the answer key)

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