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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 country is William Dunbar from?
(a) Mexico.
(b) China.
(c) Ireland.
(d) Scotland.

2. Which type of artist does Morrison describe as being the most anarchic?
(a) Readers.
(b) Writers.
(c) Painters.
(d) Photographers.

3. According to Morrison, what do readers and writers fight for?
(a) Meaning and responsibility.
(b) Determination and fear.
(c) Individuality and duality.
(d) Defintion and defiance.

4. How many pages into The Words to Say It does "the thing" happen?
(a) 10.
(b) 80.
(c) 120.
(d) 40.

5. According to Morrison, what do readers and writers struggle to interpret?
(a) Excitement and happiness.
(b) Character traits like anger.
(c) Dialogue.
(d) Imagined worlds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was criticized by a scholar who deemed the term "darky" acceptable?

2. Who is the author of Sapphira and the Slave Girl?

3. What is the second meditation that Morrison suggests an American group offers itself up as a surrogate for?

4. What does Morrison reflect on the consequences of in the preface?

5. What type of possibilities does Morrison think slavery enriches in America?

(see the answer key)

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