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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 reference to the opening passage, how does Morrison claim race is used?
(a) Strictly.
(b) Literally.
(c) Metaphorically.
(d) Subtley.

2. What did Cardinal tell her doctor not to keep in his office?
(a) A clock.
(b) A framed photo of Louis Armstrong.
(c) A water dish for his cat.
(d) A gargoyle.

3. In Hemingway's work, the women with which characteristics are the most desirable?
(a) Warrior-like.
(b) Teacher-like.
(c) Mother-like.
(d) Nurse-like.

4. What does Morrison wish studies of racism would focus on?
(a) Impact of racism on children.
(b) Impact of racism on readers and writers.
(c) Impact of racism on society's foundation.
(d) Impact of racism on those who perpetuate it.

5. How does Morrison describe the act of ignoring race?
(a) Literary whiteness.
(b) Literature.
(c) Racism.
(d) Africanism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Morrison's investigation is specifically listed as not being one of which of the following?

2. In the novel, what does Catherine want to be?

3. In Morrison's point of view, what does the fabrication of an Africanist presence a reflexive mediation on?

4. In Hemingway's novel, how does the female character see the male's brutality and power?

5. Who is the second author Morrison mentions as including black references in his or her work?

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