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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the dichotomies is shown in the example of a slave woman being kind to her mistress's children but her own mother is not good to her?
2. What is assumed about literature much of the time, in Morrison's point of view?
3. Which word best describes Sapphira?
4. What does Morrison's work require her to consider?
5. What does Morrison teach?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Morrison view other writers?
2. Why doesn't Sapphira and the Slave Girl allow readers to ignore race?
3. What is the most significant question that stems from Morrison reading Cardinal's book?
4. What does Toni Morrison think about Marie Cardinal's book?
5. What is the Byatt quote from Possession about?
6. What does Morrison believe studies of racism focus on?
7. Describe the dichotomies Morrison presents as being necessary for black people to fulfill.
8. According to Morrison, what does a black woman represent to literature but not to herself?
9. How does Morrison describe the world that we live in today, and what effect does it have on her as a writer?
10. Until recently, what did Morrison assume about all readers of American fiction?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
According to Morrison, what are literary whiteness and literary blackness? What are the consequences of literary whiteness and blackness? How were literary whiteness and blackness created? How does Morrison avoid these two concepts?
Essay Topic 2
Why is it significant to note that Africanist literature has a presence all over the world and not just in the United States? What are the consequences of this fact? Why is it important for Morrison to note that her goal is not to force a Eurocentric world into becoming an Afrocentric one?
Essay Topic 3
Morrison points out the distinguishing features of non-Americans are slave status, social status, and color. Give three examples of these features in action throughout history.
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