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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 claim has impoverished literature?
(a) Critics of American literature.
(b) New readers.
(c) Agendas in criticism.
(d) Anger at Eurocentric culture.

2. According to Dunbar, from what do his slaves want freedom from?
(a) The state.
(b) The country.
(c) Themselves.
(d) His plantation.

3. In American literature, what does Morrison believe artists transfer internal conflicts to?
(a) Blank darkness.
(b) Pride.
(c) Literary strengths.
(d) Literary blackness.

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

5. In the novel featuring Catherine, what is the social taboo of blackness associated with?
(a) Benevolence.
(b) Wickedness.
(c) Strangeness.
(d) Intelligence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Morrison's project is an effort to avert the critical gaze from the racial object to the racial ______?

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

3. What two things does Morrison claim not to be extremely distinct for a writer?

4. Who was criticized by a scholar who deemed the term "darky" acceptable?

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

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