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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 "The Writer Before the Page," Morrison compares a successful text to what?
(a) A historical narrative.
(b) A shattered mirror.
(c) A guidebook.
(d) A map.

2. In "A Race in Mind," Morrison asks for more thoughtful work from what group?
(a) Government.
(b) Art critics.
(c) Authors.
(d) The press.

3. In her "Sarah Lawrence Commencement Address," Morrison defines "dreaming" as what?
(a) Deliberate imagining that creates intimacy with the Other.
(b) An impractical luxury we cannot afford in modern times.
(c) Wasted time engaged in wishful thinking.
(d) A meditative state that improves the creative capacity of the Self.

4. In "The Individual Artist," why does Morrison say that the romantic vision of the artist is a "Procrustean bed"?
(a) Because it implies that artists suffer because they are lazy.
(b) Because the romantic ideal is old-fashioned.
(c) Because it denies artists their individuality.
(d) Because it makes a legend out of ordinary reality.

5. In "Race Matters," Morrison compares race to what?
(a) A set of clothing.
(b) A ladder.
(c) A jailer.
(d) A map.

Short Answer Questions

1. Morrison claims that after WWII, the language used to discuss war became more what?

2. In "The Writer Before the Page," Morrison says that she wants to do what with her writing?

3. In "The Slavebody and the Blackbody," Morrison says what about slavery?

4. In "Arts Advocacy," Morrison recounts discovering that a highly regarded artist vetoed funding for another artist for what reason?

5. In "The Nobel Lecture in Literature," What does Morrison refer to with the phrase "tongue-suicide"?

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