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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: Part II--God’s Language, including the essays “James Baldwin Eulogy” through “The Writer Before the Page”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Site of Memory," Morrison says that slave narratives had two purposes: one was to record the life of an individual human being, and the other was what?
(a) To advance the cause of abolition.
(b) To rebut narratives by plantation owners.
(c) To contribute to the historical record.
(d) To condemn their former masters.

2. Who was James Baldwin?
(a) A visual artist.
(b) A civil rights leader.
(c) Toni Morrison's partner.
(d) A writer.

3. To whom does Morrison address her remarks about the dead of September 11, 2001?
(a) To the terrorists responsible for the deaths.
(b) To all Americans.
(c) To the families of the dead.
(d) To the dead themselves.

4. In "Grendel and His Mother," Morrison notes that Beowulf is a part of Western literature's characterization of evil as what?
(a) A product of environment.
(b) Feminine.
(c) Pervasive.
(d) A philosophical construct.

5. According to Morrison, how does fascism arise?
(a) With sudden revolution.
(b) As a series of small, orderly steps.
(c) When minority groups gain power over the majority.
(d) By insisting that all people be treated identically.

Short Answer Questions

1. The art show Morrison discusses in "Harlem on My Mind" had a catalog with a forward written by whom?

2. Store displays arranged to look like the interiors of houses and the interiors of houses arranged to look like store displays is an example Morrison gives of which aspect of globalism?

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

4. In her "Sarah Lawrence Commencement Address," Morrison says that she is willing to talk about typical graduation topics like the future, responsibility, and goodness, but not what?

5. In "Race Matters," what word does Morrison call an unsatisfying and shallow ending for Beloved?

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