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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 "Women, Race, and Memory," Morrison relates an anecdote about which historical figure?
(a) Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
(b) Sojourner Truth.
(c) Harriet Tubman.
(d) Mary Shelly.

2. In the story that opens "The Nobel Lecture in Literature," what do the children ask the old woman about?
(a) A baby.
(b) Death.
(c) A bird.
(d) Love.

3. Morrison begins "Moral Inhabitants" with a list of what Colonial import and export items?
(a) Guns.
(b) Bibles and other religious tracts.
(c) Indentured servants.
(d) Slaves.

4. In "Grendel and His Mother," Morrison notes the significance of what characteristic of Grendel's mother?
(a) Her capacity for forgiveness.
(b) Her intelligence.
(c) Her size.
(d) Her lack of speech.

5. In "God's Language," Morrison says that she does not keep a writer's notebook because of what?
(a) Her novels serve the same purpose as a writer's notebook.
(b) She thinks writer's notebooks are an excuse to avoid actual writing.
(c) Her process does not work with a writer's notebook.
(d) She is afraid that people would want to read it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the title "Academic Whispers" refer to?

2. In "Black Matter(s)," Morrison says that a key "absence" in writing about racism is the omission of its impact on whom?

3. In "Race Matters," Morrison compares race to what?

4. In "Moral Inhabitants," Morrison says that the ability to make fine distinctions shows what?

5. In her "Sarah Lawrence Commencement Address," Morrison says that when you hate you become what?

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