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

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

3. According to Morrison, whose work is free of agenda and sensitivity?
(a) James.
(b) Poe.
(c) Faulkner.
(d) Hemingway.

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

5. The serviceability of the Africanist presence is more pronounced when Hemingway describes the relationships between which groups?
(a) Blacks and whites.
(b) Males and females.
(c) The faith and the faithless.
(d) Artists and non-artists.

Short Answer Questions

1. In reference to the opening passage, how does Morrison claim race is used?

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

3. In The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, how many days are described?

4. What type of settlers does Voyagers of the West investigate?

5. What is the second duty of a persona?

Short Essay Questions

1. From Morrison's point of view, how do writers see whiteness?

2. The common claim that white America has considered many things without reference to the black population includes what concepts?

3. According to Morrison, when is mankind bereft?

4. How does Hemingway make the serviceability of the Africanist presence more pronounced?

5. How is Hemingway's work distant from African Americans?

6. Describe Catherine's desires in The Garden of Eden. What does this point out?

7. What is the significance of nurses in Hemingway's work?

8. Why does Morrison suggest that Dunbar's finer sensibilities have been dulled?

9. Why do Africanist characters serve as surrogates and enablers?

10. What role do black men play in Hemingway's works?

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