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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. Who does Morrison attribute as being the most sensitive type of artist?
(a) Reader.
(b) Illustrator.
(c) Painter.
(d) Writer.

2. Who was criticized by a scholar who deemed the term "darky" acceptable?
(a) Toni Morrison.
(b) John Steinbeck.
(c) Sylvia Plath.
(d) Edgar Allen Poe.

3. According to Morrison, what demands are put on black people?
(a) Persistence and drive.
(b) Anger and acceptance.
(c) Purity and restraint.
(d) Hope and loss.

4. What is the third duty of a persona?
(a) Exemplifying.
(b) Mirroring.
(c) Existing.
(d) Fulfilling.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Sapphira jealous of?

2. In Harry Morgan's crew, what is the name of the black man?

3. Which of the following is true about Africanism around the world?

4. Where does Morrison's vulnerability lie?

5. In what year does William Dunbar write about suppression?

(see the answer key)

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