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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. A common claim is that white America has considered morality and other virtues without reference to which group?
(a) Black population.
(b) Poor population.
(c) Foreign population.
(d) Artist population.

8. What does Morrison describe as the third feature of a non-American?
(a) Education.
(b) Personality.
(c) Color.
(d) Knowledge.

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

10. In Voyagers of the West, what are the settlers becoming?
(a) American.
(b) Fearful.
(c) Dark.
(d) Light.

11. Morrison's investigation is specifically listed as not being one of which of the following?
(a) White and black dichotomy.
(b) Racist and non-racist literature.
(c) American and European literature.
(d) White and black American literature.

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

13. According to Morrison, what highlights freedom?
(a) Slavery.
(b) Freedom of the press.
(c) Literature.
(d) The Constitution.

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

15. Who wrote Voyagers of the West?
(a) Poe.
(b) Bailyn.
(c) Dunbar.
(d) Cath.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the second meditation that Morrison suggests an American group offers itself up as a surrogate for?

3. According to Dunbar, from what do his slaves want freedom from?

4. Which of the following does Morrison claim literature concerns?

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

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