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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 "God's Language," what does Morrison say gets more attention than paradise?
(a) Hell.
(b) Power.
(c) Race.
(d) Money.

2. According to "Harlem on My Mind," the term "postblack" refers to whom?
(a) Black artists who distance themselves from Blackness by identifying with white culture.
(b) Critics who refuse to evaluate Black art according to the aesthetics of the Black community.
(c) Critics who make race the key factor in their analysis of works of art.
(d) Black artists who want their art to be evaluated by aesthetic standards only--not classified according to their race.

3. In "Gertrude Stein and the Difference She Makes," Morrison posits that the "Lone" Ranger is "lone" because of what?
(a) Hiding his face behind a mask.
(b) His race.
(c) The presence of Tonto.
(d) His gender.

4. "Noblesse oblige" is a philosophy that urged the nobility to do what?
(a) Seize power from the church.
(b) Share their wealth.
(c) Prevent strangers from entering their lands.
(d) Accumulate as much land as possible.

5. According to Morrison's "Black Matter(s)," what is a key factor in national identity?
(a) Immigration.
(b) Literature.
(c) Politics.
(d) Religion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Women, Race, and Memory," Morrison uses the phrase "internecine conflict." In context, this phrase means what?

3. In her "Sarah Lawrence Commencement Address," what irony is Morrison's discussion of "Feed the Children" campaigns intended to illustrate?

4. In "Hard, True, and Lasting," Morrison says that she can tolerate being alienated from the dominant culture because she knows what?

5. According to Morrison's "Black Matter(s)," Gothic Romance is evidence of what feeling in the new nation?

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