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

2. When Catherine colors her hair, how does her husband respond?
(a) He does not notice.
(b) He is excited.
(c) He is angry.
(d) He is ambivalent.

3. In Hemingway's works, what do black nurse-men often articulate?
(a) Narrator's quality.
(b) Narrator's exact emotions.
(c) Narrator's doom.
(d) Narrator's love affairs.

4. What does Morrison reflect on the consequences of in the preface?
(a) Classic literature.
(b) Jazz music.
(c) Contemporary novels.
(d) Modern music.

5. What is the second meditation that Morrison suggests an American group offers itself up as a surrogate for?
(a) Patience.
(b) Terror.
(c) History.
(d) Virtue.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Morrison, what is Hemingway's work distant from?

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

3. The serviceability of the Africanist presence is more pronounced when Hemingway describes the relationships between which groups?

4. Why does Morrison claim to struggle with language that evokes hidden signals?

5. Which of the following does Morrison claim literature concerns?

(see the answer key)

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