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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: Part II--God’s Language, including the essays “James Baldwin Eulogy” through “The Writer Before the Page”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Unspeakable Things Unspoken," Morrison notes that she almost titled the essay something else--what?
(a) Cannon Fodder.
(b) Cannon Father.
(c) Canon Father.
(d) Canon Fodder.

2. In "Hard, True, and Lasting," Morrison says that she identifies the things she loves and values by doing what?
(a) Reading scholarly work.
(b) Contrasting them with the alien world around her.
(c) Imagining them in danger.
(d) Focusing on their civilizing qualities.

3. In "Women, Race, and Memory," Morrison uses the phrase "internecine conflict." In context, this phrase means what?
(a) A conflict that hurts both sides.
(b) Hostility between the classes.
(c) A philosophical difference that divides a group.
(d) Conflict between women.

4. In "The Writer Before the Page," Morrison compares a successful text to what?
(a) A shattered mirror.
(b) A historical narrative.
(c) A guidebook.
(d) A map.

5. What form of literature does Morrison discuss at length in "Black Matter(s)"?
(a) Religious sermons.
(b) Art criticism.
(c) Literary memoirs.
(d) Slave narratives.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Race Matters," Morrison says that tow of the thematic concerns of her work are race and what?

2. Morrison's reading of fiction about Africa written by non-African writers reminded her of what part of her childhood?

3. In "God's Language," what does Morrison say gets more attention than paradise?

4. In "The Slavebody and the Blackbody," when Morrison suggests that writing about slavery cuts away at the scar tissue the blackbody uses to hide the slavebody, what technique is she using?

5. John Gardner's novel Grendel uses the original story as a source for what?

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