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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 historical narrative.
(b) A guidebook.
(c) A shattered mirror.
(d) A map.

2. 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) Humility.
(b) Success.
(c) Ambition.
(d) Happiness.

3. What does Morrison praise the National Endowment for the Arts for in "The Individual Artist"?
(a) Funding art that everyone agrees is worthwhile.
(b) Avoiding controversy.
(c) Taking risks on individual artists.
(d) Encouraging patriotism in the arts.

4. According to Morrison's "Black Matter(s)," Gothic Romance is evidence of what feeling in the new nation?
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Power.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Sorrow.

5. In "Moral Inhabitants," Morrison says that the ability to make fine distinctions shows what?
(a) Prejudice.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Morality.
(d) Ignorance.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Individual Artist," why does Morrison say that the romantic vision of the artist is a "Procrustean bed"?

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

3. In her "James Baldwin Eulogy," Morrison makes an allusion to what Biblical story?

4. In "Black Matter(s)," what aspect of American slavery does Morrison claim makes its impact so long-lasting in American culture?

5. In "The Price of Wealth, the Cost of Care," why does Morrison include a list of colonial conquests?

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