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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two things does Morrison claim not to be extremely distinct for a writer?
(a) Speaking and writing.
(b) Reading and writing.
(c) Visual art and performance art.
(d) Reading and drawing.

2. Which of the following is true about Africanism around the world?
(a) The US is not unique in its construction of Africanism.
(b) Europe is the only first-world region that does not acknowledge Africanism.
(c) African literature is the only type of literature that has not constructed Africanism.
(d) American literature is the only type of literature that features Africanism.

3. Who is the author of What Maisie Knew?
(a) Willa Cather.
(b) Henry James.
(c) Toni Morrison.
(d) Gertrude Stein.

4. What is assumed about literature much of the time, in Morrison's point of view?
(a) American literature is unshaped by slavery.
(b) American literature is unshaped by black presence.
(c) American literature is only read by Americans.
(d) American literature is worthless for black Americans.

5. In what role does Morrison describe herself as assuming nothing happens?
(a) European.
(b) Black woman.
(c) Reader.
(d) Writer.

6. According to Morrison, what do readers and writers fight for?
(a) Meaning and responsibility.
(b) Determination and fear.
(c) Individuality and duality.
(d) Defintion and defiance.

7. Who does Sapphira plot to rape her slave?
(a) Her husband.
(b) Her nephew.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her son.

8. Who is the author of Possession?
(a) Ashley Bassat.
(b) Antonia Byatt.
(c) Anthony Beccket.
(d) Arthur Brown.

9. Where does Morrison claim to apply the knowledge in Playing in the Dark?
(a) The class she teaches.
(b) The way she argues.
(c) The way she communicates.
(d) The way she reads.

10. According to Morrison, what do reading and writing require?
(a) Anger.
(b) Alertness.
(c) Fear.
(d) Perseverance.

11. What analogy does Morrison use to describe what studies of racism should focus on?
(a) Study the masters as well as the slaves.
(b) Study the children as well as the parents.
(c) Study the women as well as the men.
(d) Study the students as well as the scholars.

12. What does Morrison describe Sapphira and the Slave Girl as being an example of?
(a) Willful critical blindness.
(b) Immediate Africanist presence.
(c) Urgency in American literature.
(d) Fulfilling language and lackluster art.

13. Who did Morrison thank for helping her with the book?
(a) Peter Destiny.
(b) Peter Delano.
(c) Peter Dratton.
(d) Peter Dimock.

14. What are references to Sapphira and the Slave Girl noted as being?
(a) Apologetic.
(b) Lackluster.
(c) Spiteful.
(d) Demeaning.

15. Who wrote The Words to Say It?
(a) Mason Conte.
(b) Marie Cardinal.
(c) Marilee Coxwell.
(d) Maxine Christenson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the author of Three Lives?

3. How many years back did the presence of African-Americans in the US begin?

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

5. Where did Cardinal grow up?

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