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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Disturbing Nurses and the Kindness of Sharks.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What analogy does Morrison use to describe what studies of racism should focus on?
(a) Study the children as well as the parents.
(b) Study the students as well as the scholars.
(c) Study the women as well as the men.
(d) Study the masters as well as the slaves.

2. Until recently, what did Morrison assume about all readers of American fiction?
(a) They are men.
(b) They are white.
(c) They are women.
(d) They are raceless.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is assumed about literature much of the time, in Morrison's point of view?

2. Morrison says that what item reveals itself differently to each writer?

3. According to Morrison, what demands are put on black people?

4. What does Morrison not mention the world as being?

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

(see the answer key)

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