View a FREE sample

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. Which flight is described by Morrison as an escape?
(a) Anger to acceptance.
(b) Old World to New World.
(c) Happiness to unruliness.
(d) War to peace.

2. What position does Morrison take completely?
(a) She does not take a position.
(b) She is against literary whiteness and blackness.
(c) She dislikes American literature.
(d) She is for literary whiteness and blackness.

3. Who was Cardinal warned against having relationships with?
(a) Black people.
(b) White people.
(c) Jewish people.
(d) Arab people.

4. According to Morrison, what do reading and writing require?
(a) Perseverance.
(b) Alertness.
(c) Fear.
(d) Anger.

5. Who did Morrison thank for helping her with the book?
(a) Peter Delano.
(b) Peter Destiny.
(c) Peter Dimock.
(d) Peter Dratton.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the attack on Algeria, what does Cardinal see?

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

3. Where does William Dunbar claim land?

4. Which of the following is the first duty of a persona?

5. What hidden signals does Morrison look for?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 195 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample