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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. Which group does Morrison say responds to culture the most?
(a) Readers.
(b) Writers.
(c) Painters.
(d) Children.

2. Who was Cardinal warned against having relationships with?
(a) Arab people.
(b) Black people.
(c) Jewish people.
(d) White people.

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

4. What color does Catherine dye her hair?
(a) Brown.
(b) Red.
(c) Black.
(d) Blonde.

5. What does Huckleberry Finn critique?
(a) Helplessness.
(b) Complex emotions.
(c) Sexuality and racism.
(d) Class and race.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does America's flight from one thing to another identify as an escape from?

2. In Hemingway's work, who represents an outlaw of sexuality?

3. What begins to tear at Cardinal's nerves?

4. Which of the following does Morrison say studies of racism focus on?

5. Who is the author of The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym?

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