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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. According to Morrison, what do readers and writers struggle to interpret?
(a) Dialogue.
(b) Imagined worlds.
(c) Excitement and happiness.
(d) Character traits like anger.

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

3. Who does Morrison consider to be the most important early American writer in regard to the concept of Africanism in literature?
(a) Poe.
(b) James.
(c) Dickinson.
(d) Cath.

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

5. What does Morrison claim that critics do not say about Sapphira and the Slave Girl?
(a) Why it was written.
(b) Why people read it.
(c) Why it is a failure.
(d) Why it is successful.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What rises up when the character dies in The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym?

3. Which word best describes Sapphira?

4. Which work features Harry Morgan?

5. What does Morrison debate the validity of?

(see the answer key)

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