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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. John Gardner's novel Grendel uses the original story as a source for what?
(a) A retelling from Grendel's point of view.
(b) A feminist interpretation of Grendel's mother.
(c) A meditation on the nature of heroism.
(d) A psychological study of motherhood.

2. In "Race Matters," what word does Morrison call an unsatisfying and shallow ending for Beloved?
(a) Audacity.
(b) Remember.
(c) Kiss.
(d) House.

3. Who is Hannah Peace?
(a) A Black writer that Morrison admires.
(b) A literary scholar.
(c) A character in Beloved.
(d) The inspiration for Sula.

4. In "The Habit of Art," Morrison tells the anecdote about Antigone in Haiti to illustrate what point?
(a) Art has real-world power.
(b) Acting in a play is therapeutic.
(c) Dictators try to crush artistic expression.
(d) Ancient Greek works are still relevant today.

5. In her "James Baldwin Eulogy," Morrison makes an allusion to what Biblical story?
(a) The visit of the Three Wise Men to the Christ child.
(b) Leviathan.
(c) David and Goliath.
(d) The destruction of Solomon's temple.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Site of Memory," Morrison remarks upon what tone common in slave narratives?

2. In "The Habit of Art," Morrison praises the artist Toby Lewis for what?

3. According to Morrison's "Black Matter(s)," Gothic Romance is evidence of what feeling in the new nation?

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

5. 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?

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