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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. In "Hard, True, and Lasting," Morrison says that she identifies the things she loves and values by doing what?
(a) Focusing on their civilizing qualities.
(b) Reading scholarly work.
(c) Contrasting them with the alien world around her.
(d) Imagining them in danger.

2. In "Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.," what does Morrison say is MLK's legacy?
(a) He provided the motivation for both Black and white Americans to tear down racial barriers.
(b) He taught the world that religious faith must translate into social action.
(c) He made it a compelling and ordinary act to take personal responsibility for preventing social harm.
(d) He inspired young people to become civil rights leaders.

3. In "The Future of Time," Morrison points to what two forces as responsible for our modern relationship to the future?
(a) Religion and literature.
(b) Secularism and the Cold War.
(c) Women's Liberation and the Civil Rights Movement.
(d) Science and technology.

4. In "On Beloved," Morrison says that what field of study drew her to the subject matter of Beloved?
(a) Science.
(b) History.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Literature.

5. 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) Allusion.
(b) Ethos.
(c) Figurative language.
(d) Logos.

Short Answer Questions

1. "The War on Error" is a speech given to what group?

2. Morrison began Beloved after seeing what?

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

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

5. According to Morrison's "Black Matter(s)," the slave population became the focus of what fundamental feeling of the colonists?

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