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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. What does Cardinal's first therapy realization concern?
2. Morrison says that what item reveals itself differently to each writer?
3. Where did Cardinal grow up?
4. What two things does Morrison claim not to be extremely distinct for a writer?
5. According to Morrison, what do readers and writers fight for?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Morrison describe references to the novel Sapphira and the Slave Girl?
2. What does it mean when Morrison says that her vulnerability lies in romanticizing blackness?
3. What can happen if we learn about the way Africanism functions in the literary imagination?
4. What type of language does Morrison struggle with?
5. How does Morrison describe the world that we live in today, and what effect does it have on her as a writer?
6. What risk does Morrison accept in discussing studies of racism?
7. What does Morrison hope that studies of racism will begin to examine?
8. Describe the file that Morrison begins to keep.
9. After reading the preface, what can the reader expect Morrison to discuss?
10. According to Morrison, what does a black woman represent to literature but not to herself?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why is Poe considered to be the most important writer in terms of Africanism in early American literature? What does white imagery have to do with Poe's work?
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
How does Hemingway portray race in his work? How is Hemingway distant from African-Americans in his work? What does this tell the reader? How does Hemingway show the difference between males and females? How does he relate this to race?
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