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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. Who is the author of the quote from Preludes IV?
(a) William Shakespeare.
(b) T.S. Eliot.
(c) Virginia Woolf.
(d) John Steinbeck.

2. What does Morrison determine is the cause of Nancy's mother's lack of maternal love?
(a) Her personality.
(b) Her kindness.
(c) Her hair color.
(d) Her skin color.

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

4. What is an example of the concept of black figuration?
(a) The manifestion of Cardinal's illness.
(b) Africanism in American literature.
(c) Morrison's reading style.
(d) Slavery in American history.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which author does Morrison mention first as containing black references?

3. Morrison claims that she does not want to replace what with Afrocentric domination?

4. In Morrison's point of view, what does the fabrication of an Africanist presence a reflexive mediation on?

5. Where does Morrison's vulnerability lie?

(see the answer key)

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