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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) Strangeness.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Benevolence.
(d) Wickedness.

2. Which of the following words best describes Henry Morgan?
(a) Wicked.
(b) Insane.
(c) Angry.
(d) Moral.

3. What does Morrison wonder most about Cardinal?
(a) When she knew she was in trouble.
(b) Why she wrote a book.
(c) Why she went to a Louis Armstrong concert.
(d) When she felt she had to panic.

4. What begins to tear at Cardinal's nerves?
(a) Books.
(b) Conversation.
(c) Music.
(d) Movies.

5. What is the opposite of restrained in the dichotomy present in Morrison's book?
(a) Anger.
(b) Pure.
(c) Wicked.
(d) Benevolent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second duty of a persona?

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

3. What does Morrison start a file to document?

4. Morrison's investigation is specifically listed as not being one of which of the following?

5. Who is the second author Morrison mentions as including black references in his or her work?

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