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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) Brown.
(c) Princeton.
(d) Harvard.

2. Which of the following does Morrison acknowledge?
(a) That each reader reads differently.
(b) That each writer tries to avoid writing about race.
(c) That each author is biased.
(d) That each reader is looking for something different.

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

4. What is the second duty of a persona?
(a) Envy.
(b) Reification.
(c) Creation.
(d) Belief.

5. In what role does Morrison see the subject of a dream?
(a) Reader.
(b) Writer.
(c) Artist.
(d) Black woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Morrison attribute as being the most sensitive type of artist?

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

3. What type of writer is Poe?

4. Who does the main female character in Sapphira and the Slave Girl demand power over?

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

(see the answer key)

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