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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which novel does Morrison discuss a character named Catherine?
(a) The Fear of the Brave.
(b) The Equivalence of Women.
(c) The Garden of Eden.
(d) The Faith of Mankind.

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

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

4. What position does Morrison take completely?
(a) She does not take a position.
(b) She dislikes American literature.
(c) She is for literary whiteness and blackness.
(d) She is against literary whiteness and blackness.

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

6. What color does Catherine dye her hair?
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Brown.
(d) Blonde.

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

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

9. What do some suggest is a way to evade history?
(a) Religion.
(b) Romance.
(c) Race.
(d) Nationalism.

10. What does Morrison describe as being the second feature of a non-American?
(a) Social status.
(b) Health.
(c) Financial status.
(d) Skills.

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

12. What is the third duty of a persona?
(a) Mirroring.
(b) Existing.
(c) Fulfilling.
(d) Exemplifying.

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

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

15. In Hemingway's work, what do black nurse-men often alter?
(a) The narrator's faith.
(b) The narrator's romantic relationships.
(c) The narrator's hatred for black people.
(d) The narrator's self-image.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Dunbar's finer sensibilities dulled by?

2. In Hemingway's work, what are black men most similar to?

3. Which group does Morrison say responds to culture the most?

4. In the novel, what does Catherine want to be?

5. When Catherine colors her hair, how does her husband respond?

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