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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 "Grendel and His Mother," what omission from Beowulf does Morrison say is significant?
(a) The character of Grendel's father.
(b) The impact of Grendel's actions on the Danes.
(c) Grendel's relationship with his mother.
(d) Grendel's motivation.

2. In "The Site of Memory," Morrison remarks upon what tone common in slave narratives?
(a) Objectivity.
(b) Sarcasm.
(c) Fury.
(d) Despair.

3. 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?
(a) Logos.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Figurative language.
(d) Ethos.

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?
(a) Immortality.
(b) Justice.
(c) Sovereignty.
(d) Love.

5. In "The Site of Memory," Morrison says that a large part of her "literary heritage" is what?
(a) The Western canon.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Fiction.
(d) Autobiography.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.," what does Morrison say she wonders about MLK?

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

4. According to Morrison's "Black Matter(s)," what is a key factor in national identity?

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

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