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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 is the main theme in Sapphira and the Slave Girl?
(a) Spite.
(b) Power.
(c) Love.
(d) Trust.

2. According to Dunbar, from what do his slaves want freedom from?
(a) The state.
(b) His plantation.
(c) Themselves.
(d) The country.

3. What does Morrison determine is the cause of Nancy's mother's lack of maternal love?
(a) Her personality.
(b) Her hair color.
(c) Her skin color.
(d) Her kindness.

4. What does The Words to Say It document about the author?
(a) The author's therapy and healing.
(b) The author's feelings about Africanist literature.
(c) The author's relationship.
(d) The author's literary criticism of literature.

5. Who is the second author Morrison mentions as including black references in his or her work?
(a) Faulkner.
(b) Lawrence.
(c) Du Maurier.
(d) Proust.

Short Answer Questions

1. The presence of blacks is inherent and inextricable from the definition of which word?

2. How many lectures is Playing in the Dark based on?

3. Which of the following elements of racism does Morrison say studies of racism focus on?

4. In the Henry Morgan book, who is portrayed as being the most violent?

5. What is the opposite of restrained in the dichotomy present in Morrison's book?

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