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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. Where were the lectures that Playing in the Dark is based on given?
3. What does Morrison's work require her to consider?
4. What book discusses certain kinds of readings that seem inextricable from certain experiences of writing and knowledge?
5. What is "the Thing"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Until recently, what did Morrison assume about all readers of American fiction?
2. Describe the character Sapphira and her motives.
3. Describe the file that Morrison begins to keep.
4. What is the book Playing in the Dark based on?
5. How does Morrison describe references to the novel Sapphira and the Slave Girl?
6. To Morrison, why are reading and writing not extremely distinct for a writer?
7. Describe The Words to Say It and its subject matter.
8. What can happen if we learn about the way Africanism functions in the literary imagination?
9. Describe Morrison's statement that the subject of the dream is the dreamer.
10. What type of language does Morrison struggle with?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The duties of a persona include exorcism, reification, and mirroring. Identify and describe one example of each term in terms of Africanism presence in literature.
Essay Topic 2
Why did Morrison decide to read The Words to Say It? What effect did the book have on Morrison? What questions does Morrison have for Marie Cardinal and why are these significant?
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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