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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 group does Dunbar write about the suppression of?
(a) Europeans.
(b) Africans.
(c) Americans.
(d) Slaves.

2. What is the first role that the Africanist character serves as?
(a) Benevolent figure.
(b) Intentional racist target.
(c) A way to evoke emotion.
(d) Surrogate.

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

4. In the Henry Morgan book, who is portrayed as being the most violent?
(a) Henry's father.
(b) Henry Morgan.
(c) Whites.
(d) Blacks.

5. Where does William Dunbar claim land?
(a) Florida.
(b) Oklahoma.
(c) Missouri.
(d) Mississippi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the main female character in Sapphira and the Slave Girl demand power over?

2. What type of settlers does Voyagers of the West investigate?

3. What type of possibilities does Morrison think slavery enriches in America?

4. Who does Morrison attribute as being the most sensitive type of artist?

5. What notion must a writer be aware of when reading and writing?

(see the answer key)

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