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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. What question does Morrison say is at the center of of government?
(a) Creating peace and security.
(b) Cultural apartheid or integration.
(c) Control over history's narrative.
(d) Distribution of wealth.

2. Why is "panoply" a clever piece of diction as used in "Unspeakable Things Unspoken"?
(a) It has a secondary meaning that has to do with arms and armor.
(b) It is part of the alliteration that creates rhythm in the passage.
(c) It has negative connotations that support the irony in the essay's tone.
(d) It is another pun, echoing the essay's opening.

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

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

5. In "Women, Race, and Memory," Morrison relates an anecdote about which historical figure?
(a) Mary Shelly.
(b) Harriet Tubman.
(c) Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
(d) Sojourner Truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Grendel and His Mother," Morrison notes that Beowulf is a part of Western literature's characterization of evil as what?

2. What form of literature does Morrison discuss at length in "Black Matter(s)"?

3. In "God's Language," what does Morrison say seems more true the longer she writes?

4. In "Grendel and His Mother," what claim does Morrison make for Beowulf?

5. In "Race Matters," Morrison says that she refuses to write in what voice?

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