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

2. Morrison's discussion of Huckleberry Finn in "Black Matter(s)" is intended as an illustration of what?
(a) American Africanism.
(b) Gothic Romanticism.
(c) Historical accuracy in fiction.
(d) The shadow of Puritanism in fiction.

3. In "Race Matters," Morrison says that she refuses to write in what voice?
(a) The master's.
(b) A race-specific one.
(c) A masculine one.
(d) The slave's.

4. What form of literature does Morrison discuss at length in "Black Matter(s)"?
(a) Literary memoirs.
(b) Art criticism.
(c) Slave narratives.
(d) Religious sermons.

5. In "The Price of Wealth, the Cost of Care," why does Morrison include a list of colonial conquests?
(a) To argue that history will always be cruel and inhumane.
(b) To compare the conquerors with the average citizen today.
(c) To illustrate the bloody history of wealth accumulation.
(d) To question her audience's understanding of history.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In "The Price of Wealth, the Cost of Care," Morrison compares money to what?

4. In her "Sarah Lawrence Commencement Address," Morrison defines "dreaming" as what?

5. 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?

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