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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. What is the opposite of restrained in the dichotomy present in Morrison's book?
3. What is Morrison skeptical about?
4. Who is the author of Possession?
5. What does Morrison claim is not representative of a black woman for her?
Short Essay Questions
1. What implication stems from the fact that imagination produces work?
2. Describe The Words to Say It and its subject matter.
3. According to Morrison, what does a black woman represent to literature but not to herself?
4. What type of language does Morrison struggle with?
5. Describe the dichotomies Morrison presents as being necessary for black people to fulfill.
6. What does Morrison hope that studies of racism will begin to examine?
7. Which authors does Morrison describe as using black references in their work?
8. What is the most significant question that stems from Morrison reading Cardinal's book?
9. What can happen if we learn about the way Africanism functions in the literary imagination?
10. What is the Byatt quote from Possession about?
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
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 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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