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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7: Part II--God’s Language, including the essays “The Trouble with Paradise” through “Faulkner and Woman”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The art show Morrison discusses in "Harlem on My Mind" had a catalog with a forward written by whom?
(a) Romare Bearden.
(b) The city parks commissioner.
(c) A high-school student.
(d) Toni Morrison.

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

3. In "Race Matters," Morrison says that tow of the thematic concerns of her work are race and what?
(a) Gender.
(b) History.
(c) Home.
(d) Liberty.

4. In "God's Language," what does Morrison say is the place of religion in African American culture?
(a) It's a powerful example of the merging of African culture with European culture.
(b) Its influence has weakened significantly.
(c) It is central to the culture.
(d) It historically marginalized Black people.

5. Where did Morrison go to school as a child?
(a) In public schools in Ohio that had never been segregated.
(b) In segregated private schools in New York.
(c) In desegregated private schools throughout America.
(d) In public schools in Florida that were suddenly segregated while she was a student.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "The Site of Memory," Morrison proposes to show how memoir is similar to and different from what?

3. In "Faulkner and Women," what effect does Morrison say Faulkner has had on her writing?

4. In "Cinderella's Stepsisters," Morrison points out that in the original Grimm's version, the stepsisters were what?

5. In "The Site of Memory," Morrison remarks on the absence of what in slave narratives?

(see the answer key)

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