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

2. Who was James Baldwin?
(a) A visual artist.
(b) Toni Morrison's partner.
(c) A civil rights leader.
(d) A writer.

3. In "The Site of Memory," Morrison says that slave narratives had two purposes: one was to record the life of an individual human being, and the other was what?
(a) To condemn their former masters.
(b) To advance the cause of abolition.
(c) To contribute to the historical record.
(d) To rebut narratives by plantation owners.

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

5. In her "Sarah Lawrence Commencement Address," Morrison says that she is willing to talk about typical graduation topics like the future, responsibility, and goodness, but not what?
(a) Success.
(b) Humility.
(c) Ambition.
(d) Happiness.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Price of Wealth, the Cost of Care," what does Morrison blame for diminishing our desire to care for others in modern times?

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

3. In "The Slavebody and the Blackbody," what does Morrison call the "ghost in the machine"?

4. In "Moral Inhabitants," what is the list of American leaders meant to demonstrate?

5. In "Arts Advocacy," Morrison recounts discovering that a highly regarded artist vetoed funding for another artist for what reason?

(see the answer key)

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