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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 "The Site of Memory," Morrison remarks on the absence of what in slave narratives?
(a) Details of everyday life on the plantations.
(b) Sophisticated use of language.
(c) Historical accuracy.
(d) Depictions of the narrator's interior life.

2. In her "Sarah Lawrence Commencement Address," what irony is Morrison's discussion of "Feed the Children" campaigns intended to illustrate?
(a) Generosity towards the vulnerable turning to violence as soon as the vulnerable try to advocate for themselves.
(b) The desire of wealthy Americans to spread a culture that other nations cannot afford.
(c) Creative imagination being limited by our own wealth and power.
(d) The easy manipulation of well-educated people by supposedly uneducated people.

3. In "Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.," what does Morrison say she wonders about MLK?
(a) Whether he would be disappointed in her.
(b) Whether he would be satisfied with the progress Americans have made.
(c) Where he found his courage.
(d) How he preserved his sense of hope.

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

5. In "The Writer Before the Page," what does Morrison say she avoids in her writing?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Musical language.
(c) Figurative language.
(d) Literary allusions.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Black Matter(s)," Morrison says that immigration from the Old World to the New World is usually seen as what?

2. In "Black Matter(s)," Morrison retells the story of William Dunbar as an example of what?

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

4. In "Race Matters," Morrison says that when she was younger she found something in writing that she could not find in life itself--what was it?

5. In "Race Matters," what word does Morrison call an unsatisfying and shallow ending for Beloved?

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