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

2. In "Unspeakable Things Unspoken," Morrison credits what group with beginning to open up the canon?
(a) Immigrants.
(b) The American academy.
(c) Feminist scholars.
(d) Black writers.

3. In "Black Matter(s)," what aspect of American slavery does Morrison claim makes its impact so long-lasting in American culture?
(a) The skin color of the slaves.
(b) The religion of slave-owners.
(c) Laws against teaching slaves to read and write.
(d) The breakup of slave families.

4. Morrison compares the Africa of the Western imagination to what legendary monster?
(a) Grendel.
(b) The Sphinx.
(c) Leviathan.
(d) Medusa.

5. According to "Harlem on My Mind," almost 28 years after the "Harlem" exhibit, the Guggenheim museum did what?
(a) Mounted an exhibition more concerned with Black politics than art.
(b) Excluded Black artists from a major retrospective exhibition.
(c) Focused on the question of what makes Black art Black.
(d) Devoted an entire exhibition to Romare Bearden.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Gertrude Stein and the Difference She Makes," what element does Morrison say is an aspect of the European American response to chaos lacking in the indigenous response?

2. Mass migration, according to Morrison, causes what to happen?

3. John Gardner's novel Grendel uses the original story as a source for what?

4. What question does Morrison say is at the center of of government?

5. In "Cinderella's Stepsisters," Morrison says that we must use freedom to do what?

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