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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Morrison describe early America as distinguishing itself?
(a) Pushing toward better quality literature.
(b) Pushing toward freedom from racial prejudice.
(c) Pushing toward a future of freedom.
(d) Pushing toward freedom from Africanism.

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

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

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

6. What is the second duty of a persona?
(a) Envy.
(b) Belief.
(c) Creation.
(d) Reification.

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

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

9. What is the name of the book Morrison opens with in Chapter 3?
(a) Charles.
(b) Adam.
(c) Benjamin.
(d) William.

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

11. Where does William Dunbar claim land?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Missouri.
(c) Florida.
(d) Oklahoma.

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

13. What is Dunbar able to justify?
(a) Leaving Europe.
(b) Killing a man.
(c) Giving his slaves lashes.
(d) Starving his slaves.

14. In one of Hemingway's works, which character provides a juxtaposition to Catherine?
(a) Maxine.
(b) Melanie.
(c) Melissa.
(d) Marita.

15. Which flight is described by Morrison as an escape?
(a) Old World to New World.
(b) Anger to acceptance.
(c) War to peace.
(d) Happiness to unruliness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color does Catherine dye her hair?

2. In American literature, what does Morrison believe artists transfer internal conflicts to?

3. What does the American group that offers itself up as a surrogate represent a meditation on?

4. What has the image of the bound and suppressed darkness become objectified as?

5. Which work features Harry Morgan?

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