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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are references to Sapphira and the Slave Girl noted as being?
(a) Lackluster.
(b) Spiteful.
(c) Apologetic.
(d) Demeaning.

2. Where does Morrison teach?
(a) UCLA.
(b) Brown.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Princeton.

3. What does Morrison start a file to document?
(a) Instances of white people causing disturbances in Africanist literature.
(b) Instances of black people being impressed by white people.
(c) Instances of black people igniting moments of discovery in literature.
(d) Instances of Africanist literature that do not acknowledge racial superiority.

4. Who did Morrison thank for helping her with the book?
(a) Peter Destiny.
(b) Peter Delano.
(c) Peter Dratton.
(d) Peter Dimock.

5. What does Morrison wish studies of racism would focus on?
(a) Impact of racism on society's foundation.
(b) Impact of racism on those who perpetuate it.
(c) Impact of racism on children.
(d) Impact of racism on readers and writers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Morrison's point of view, what does the fabrication of an Africanist presence a reflexive mediation on?

2. Why does Morrison claim to struggle with language that evokes hidden signals?

3. What does Morrison propose to investigate?

4. What is the name of Sapphira's slave?

5. What does Morrison claim that critics do not say about Sapphira and the Slave Girl?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe The Words to Say It and its subject matter.

2. After reading the preface, what can the reader expect Morrison to discuss?

3. What does Morrison hope that studies of racism will begin to examine?

4. What implication stems from the fact that imagination produces work?

5. What can happen if we learn about the way Africanism functions in the literary imagination?

6. How does Morrison describe the world that we live in today, and what effect does it have on her as a writer?

7. What are Morrison's intentions in studying Africanism?

8. According to Morrison, what does a black woman represent to literature but not to herself?

9. Describe the file that Morrison begins to keep.

10. What does the term Africanism mean?

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