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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. Which of the following best describes Marie Cardinal?
(a) Sensitive and young.
(b) Small and crass.
(c) Stressed and insane.
(d) White and privileged.

2. What does Morrison teach?
(a) American Literature.
(b) Racial Studies.
(c) Women's studies.
(d) English composition.

3. What is American literature described as being in Playing in the Dark?
(a) A melting pot.
(b) A treasure trove.
(c) A bookshelf.
(d) A closet.

4. What is Dunbar able to justify?
(a) Giving his slaves lashes.
(b) Starving his slaves.
(c) Leaving Europe.
(d) Killing a man.

5. Who is the author of Sapphira and the Slave Girl?
(a) Toni Morrison.
(b) Maya Angelou.
(c) Willa Cather.
(d) Williamm Shakespeare.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Hemingway's work, a person from which country kills Harry?

2. What is the first role that the Africanist character serves as?

3. How does Morrison describe early America as distinguishing itself?

4. Who is Sapphira jealous of?

5. What does Morrison start a file to document?

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