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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 group does Dunbar write about the suppression of?

2. What has the image of the bound and suppressed darkness become objectified as?

3. In one of Hemingway's works, which character provides a juxtaposition to Catherine?

4. According to Morrison, what is Hemingway's work distant from?

5. In what year does William Dunbar write about suppression?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does William Carlos Williams's Adam describe?

2. What does Morrison hope to avert the critical gaze from and to?

3. How does Hemingway make the serviceability of the Africanist presence more pronounced?

4. According to Morrison, what does Poe's work show?

5. According to Morrison, what does American literature represent a commentary of?

6. What is the significance of nurses in Hemingway's work?

7. How does Morrison describe the Africanist persona?

8. From Morrison's point of view, how do writers see whiteness?

9. What does Morrison try to make it clear that she is not doing?

10. Describe To Have and Have Not.

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

According to Morrison, what do most studies of racism focus on? What does Morrison wish they would examine? Why? Do you agree with her? Identify and give examples of the terms racial hierarchy, racial exclusion, racial vulnerability, and racial availability.

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