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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 is the third duty of a persona?
(a) Fulfilling.
(b) Exemplifying.
(c) Existing.
(d) Mirroring.

2. What country is William Dunbar from?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Ireland.
(d) China.

3. What does Huckleberry Finn critique?
(a) Complex emotions.
(b) Sexuality and racism.
(c) Helplessness.
(d) Class and race.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Hemingway's work, who represents an outlaw of sexuality?

2. When Catherine colors her hair, how does her husband respond?

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

4. What type of writer is Poe?

5. What does a character in Hemingway's work refer to having sex with black women as?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What characteristics does Morrison describe as being the distinguishing features of non-Americans?

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

4. According to Morrison, who responds best to culture and why?

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

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

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

8. What does Morrison hope to avert the critical gaze from and to?

9. How does Morrison describe the Africanist persona?

10. Why does Morrison deem Poe the most important early American writer?

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