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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 does Morrison wish studies of racism would focus on?
(a) Impact of racism on those who perpetuate it.
(b) Impact of racism on society's foundation.
(c) Impact of racism on children.
(d) Impact of racism on readers and writers.

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

3. What does Morrison debate the validity of?
(a) American literature is light with no undertones.
(b) American literature is only about Americans.
(c) American literature is unbiased.
(d) American literature is free form.

4. What type of writer is Poe?
(a) Irish.
(b) American.
(c) English.
(d) German.

5. In the attack on Algeria, what does Cardinal see?
(a) White slaughter of an Indian mother.
(b) Vengeful slaughter of an innocent.
(c) White slaughter of a black mother.
(d) White slaughter of a white mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Morrison argue for extending?

2. Who does Morrison consider to be the most important early American writer in regard to the concept of Africanism in literature?

3. What book discusses certain kinds of readings that seem inextricable from certain experiences of writing and knowledge?

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

5. Who is the third author Morrison mentions as including black references in his or her work?

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