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

2. What begins to tear at Cardinal's nerves?
(a) Movies.
(b) Music.
(c) Conversation.
(d) Books.

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

4. Who is the author of Possession?
(a) Ashley Bassat.
(b) Arthur Brown.
(c) Anthony Beccket.
(d) Antonia Byatt.

5. How does Morrison describe the act of ignoring race?
(a) Racism.
(b) Literature.
(c) Africanism.
(d) Literary whiteness.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. According to Cardinal, what does America plan to slaughter?

3. According to Morrison, what do readers and writers struggle to interpret?

4. Which flight is described by Morrison as an escape?

5. According to Dunbar, from what do his slaves want freedom from?

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