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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 works, what do black nurse-men often articulate?
(a) Narrator's exact emotions.
(b) Narrator's quality.
(c) Narrator's doom.
(d) Narrator's love affairs.

2. Which of the following is the first duty of a persona?
(a) Dutifulness.
(b) Existence.
(c) Blackness.
(d) Exorcism.

3. In Hemingway's work, who represents an outlaw of sexuality?
(a) Black women.
(b) White men.
(c) Black men.
(d) White women.

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

5. Who wrote a book about Faulkner?
(a) Charleston.
(b) Williams.
(c) Snead.
(d) Poe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which flight is described by Morrison as an escape?

2. In Hemingway's work, the women with which characteristics are the most desirable?

3. What is the third duty of a persona?

4. What are the two characters who discuss sex in Hemingway's work?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does early America distinguish itself by pressing toward a future of freedom?

2. How does William Dunbar justify giving his slaves lashes?

3. Describe one major theme Morrison lists being consistent with American literature.

4. According to Morrison, what does Poe's work show?

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

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

7. How does Morrison describe the Africanist persona?

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

9. What does Morrison try to make it clear that she is not doing?

10. What does William Carlos Williams's Adam describe?

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