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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What group of America's population offers itself up as a surrogate, in Morrison's point of view?
(a) Slaves.
(b) Whites.
(c) Writers.
(d) Blacks.

2. What has the image of the bound and suppressed darkness become objectified as?
(a) Benevolent person.
(b) Africanist persona.
(c) White persona.
(d) Black persona.

3. In Hemingway's work, what are black men most similar to?
(a) Slaves.
(b) Nurses.
(c) Fathers.
(d) Children.

4. What rises up when the character dies in The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym?
(a) Black smoke.
(b) Glitter.
(c) Gray fog.
(d) White shadows.

5. Who is the author of The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym?
(a) Edgar Allan Poe.
(b) George Bernard Shaw.
(c) Willa Cather.
(d) Henry James.

6. What is the white image related to the erasure of, according to Morrison?
(a) Literary whiteness.
(b) Non-whiteness.
(c) Africanism in literature.
(d) Black figure.

7. According to Morrison, what represents a commentary on the transformations of racial difference?
(a) American literature.
(b) Benvolence.
(c) African literature.
(d) European literature.

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

9. Africanism acquiring a metaphysical necessity is not the same as losing its _______?
(a) Literary blackness.
(b) Independence.
(c) Metaphorical necessity.
(d) Ideological utility.

10. What type of settlers does Voyagers of the West investigate?
(a) South American.
(b) European.
(c) African.
(d) Asian.

11. 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.

12. What is the name of Catherine's husband?
(a) Daniel.
(b) David.
(c) Eric.
(d) Edward.

13. What type of possibilities does Morrison think slavery enriches in America?
(a) Intellectual.
(b) Historical.
(c) Romantic.
(d) Creative.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote Voyagers of the West?

2. What does Huckleberry Finn critique?

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

4. How does Morrison describe the act of ignoring race?

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

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