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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 does Morrison not mention the world as being?
(a) Liberalized.
(b) Sexualized.
(c) Racialized.
(d) Genderized.

2. What is the white image related to the erasure of, according to Morrison?
(a) Non-whiteness.
(b) Africanism in literature.
(c) Literary whiteness.
(d) Black figure.

3. What is the main theme in Sapphira and the Slave Girl?
(a) Power.
(b) Spite.
(c) Love.
(d) Trust.

4. What is American literature described as being in Playing in the Dark?
(a) A closet.
(b) A bookshelf.
(c) A melting pot.
(d) A treasure trove.

5. When Catherine colors her hair, how does her husband respond?
(a) He is ambivalent.
(b) He does not notice.
(c) He is excited.
(d) He is angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. In reference to the opening passage, how does Morrison claim race is used?

2. What are references to Sapphira and the Slave Girl noted as being?

3. What hidden signals does Morrison look for?

4. Which of the following words refers to denotative and connotative blackness that the African people have come to signify?

5. What is Dunbar able to justify?

(see the answer key)

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