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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What group does Dunbar write about the suppression of?
(a) Europeans.
(b) Americans.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Africans.

2. Where does William Dunbar appear after claiming land?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) Miami.
(d) New York City.

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

4. In what year does William Dunbar write about suppression?
(a) 1776.
(b) 1789.
(c) 1755.
(d) 1768.

5. In one of Hemingway's works, what does the character named Catherine aspire to be for her husband?
(a) Housewife.
(b) Little girl.
(c) African girl.
(d) Good lover.

6. In The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, how many days are described?
(a) 365.
(b) 30.
(c) 7.
(d) 2.

7. According to Morrison, what do writers seem to think whiteness is?
(a) Intolerant.
(b) Loud.
(c) Mute.
(d) Benevolent.

8. In Hemingway's work, who represents an outlaw of sexuality?
(a) Black men.
(b) White women.
(c) White men.
(d) Black women.

9. What does Huckleberry Finn critique?
(a) Sexuality and racism.
(b) Complex emotions.
(c) Helplessness.
(d) Class and race.

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

11. In the Henry Morgan book, who is portrayed as being the most violent?
(a) Henry's father.
(b) Blacks.
(c) Henry Morgan.
(d) Whites.

12. Morrison says that Hemingway's work is more artless and unselfconscious than which writer?
(a) Poe.
(b) Cath.
(c) James.
(d) Faulkner.

13. In Hemingway's novel, how does the female character see the male's brutality and power?
(a) Benevolent.
(b) Sexually attractive.
(c) Misguided.
(d) Wicked.

14. Why does Morrison state that slavery enriches the country's possibilities?
(a) Polarity of talent.
(b) Polarity of skin color.
(c) Polarity of virtue.
(d) Polarity of personality.

15. What are the two characters who discuss sex in Hemingway's work?
(a) Hanna and Marshall.
(b) Morgan and Henrietta.
(c) Harry and Marie.
(d) Harold and Manny.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the book about Faulkner, what "show their flaws best in written form"?

2. What is the name of the author Morrison opens up with in Chapter 3?

3. Which flight is described by Morrison as an escape?

4. What is the third duty of a persona?

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

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