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

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

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

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

5. When did Morrison read The Words to Say It?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1983.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Hemingway's works, what do black nurse-men often articulate?

3. Where does William Dunbar claim land?

4. What does Morrison reflect on the consequences of in the preface?

5. What are Dunbar's finer sensibilities dulled by?

(see the answer key)

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