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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 group does Dunbar write about the suppression of?
(a) Africans.
(b) Europeans.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Americans.

2. Who does Morrison consider to be the most important early American writer in regard to the concept of Africanism in literature?
(a) Dickinson.
(b) Cath.
(c) Poe.
(d) James.

3. What group of America's population offers itself up as a surrogate, in Morrison's point of view?
(a) Writers.
(b) Whites.
(c) Blacks.
(d) Slaves.

4. In one of Hemingway's works, which character provides a juxtaposition to Catherine?
(a) Melissa.
(b) Maxine.
(c) Melanie.
(d) Marita.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first role that the Africanist character serves as?

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

3. What color does Catherine dye her hair?

4. The serviceability of the Africanist presence is more pronounced when Hemingway describes the relationships between which groups?

5. What is the name of the author Morrison opens up with in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is the act of ignoring race in literature a racist act?

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

4. Describe To Have and Have Not.

5. What is Morrison's deliberation entirely about?

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

7. How does Morrison describe the Africanist persona?

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

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

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

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