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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. Who did Morrison thank for helping her with the book?
2. Who is the author of Possession?
3. Who is the third author Morrison mentions as including black references in his or her work?
4. What does Morrison determine is the cause of Nancy's mother's lack of maternal love?
5. Which of the following is true about Africanism around the world?
Short Essay Questions
1. After reading the preface, what can the reader expect Morrison to discuss?
2. What does it mean when Morrison says that her vulnerability lies in romanticizing blackness?
3. What risk does Morrison accept in discussing studies of racism?
4. What is the most significant question that stems from Morrison reading Cardinal's book?
5. Who does Morrison blame for literary whiteness and blackness?
6. To Morrison, why are reading and writing not extremely distinct for a writer?
7. What can happen if we learn about the way Africanism functions in the literary imagination?
8. What does Morrison hope that studies of racism will begin to examine?
9. Describe The Words to Say It and its subject matter.
10. What are Morrison's intentions in studying Africanism?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Bernard Bailyn's Voyagers of the West investigate the way European settlers become Americans? What does the character William Dunbar show and represent? What does Morrison think of this work and the character?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the difference between denotative and connotative definitions involving the term Africanism. Describe both definitions. Then explain the denotative and connotative definitions of another term that Morrison uses in response to American literature.
Essay Topic 3
How does learning about how Africanism functions in the literary imagination make it possible to discover the nature and cause of literary whiteness?
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