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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. In Hemingway's work, a person from which country kills Harry?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Mexico.
(c) South Africa.
(d) Cuba.

2. In what year does William Dunbar write about suppression?
(a) 1776.
(b) 1755.
(c) 1768.
(d) 1789.

3. In Morrison's point of view, what does the fabrication of an Africanist presence a reflexive mediation on?
(a) Society.
(b) The self.
(c) Writers.
(d) Readers.

4. According to Morrison, whose work is free of agenda and sensitivity?
(a) Faulkner.
(b) Hemingway.
(c) Poe.
(d) James.

5. What does Morrison claim is not representative of a black woman for her?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Anarchy.
(c) Dread.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first role that the Africanist character serves as?

2. What does Morrison describe Sapphira and the Slave Girl as being an example of?

3. When was a criticism written deeming the term "darky" acceptable?

4. In the book about Faulkner, what "show their flaws best in written form"?

5. What is American literature described as being in Playing in the Dark?

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