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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 "Arts Advocacy," Morrison recounts discovering that a highly regarded artist vetoed funding for another artist for what reason?
(a) He thought that having a secure income would ruin the other artist's work.
(b) He found the other artist's work too controversial.
(c) He was jealous of the other artist's possible success.
(d) He knew that the other artist's work would sell better if the public saw him "struggling."

2. In her "Sarah Lawrence Commencement Address," Morrison says that when you hate you become what?
(a) A monster.
(b) A slave.
(c) An addict.
(d) A victim.

3. In "Literature and Public Life," what does Morrison say shapes our understanding of community?
(a) The media, especially television.
(b) Literature from the canon.
(c) Literature from outside the canon.
(d) Government propaganda.

4. Morrison begins "Moral Inhabitants" with a list of what Colonial import and export items?
(a) Guns.
(b) Indentured servants.
(c) Bibles and other religious tracts.
(d) Slaves.

5. In "The Writer Before the Page," Morrison explains what about the structure of her novels?
(a) She always begins with a careful outline.
(b) She is frustrated when the parts feel fragmentary.
(c) She finds chapter and part designations unhelpful.
(d) She dislikes nonlinear narrative.

Short Answer Questions

1. Morrison compares the Africa of the Western imagination to what legendary monster?

2. In "Unspeakable Things Unspoken," Morrison compares the restriction of the canon by traditional Western standards to what?

3. "The Trouble with Paradise" is mostly about what?

4. Based on your reading of "Arts Advocacy," which statement would Morrison agree with?

5. In "Tribute to Romare Bearden," Morrison notes what about African American visual art?

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