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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 "Gertrude Stein and the Difference She Makes," Morrison calls the "merging of forms" one of the key aspects of what literary movement?
(a) The Harlem Renaissance.
(b) Postmodernism.
(c) Romanticism.
(d) Modernism.

2. In "The Habit of Art," Morrison praises the artist Toby Lewis for what?
(a) Disrupting the status quo with her provocative work.
(b) Taking on the perspective of the "other."
(c) Creating great religious art.
(d) Placing art in public workplaces.

3. In "Black Matter(s)," Morrison retells the story of William Dunbar as an example of what?
(a) A victim of state violence.
(b) A slave who struggled to make his voice heard.
(c) A critic who understands the significance of Black art.
(d) A prototypical American white male.

4. According to Morrison, globalism creates a fear of what?
(a) Foreignness.
(b) Development.
(c) Ideology.
(d) Marketing.

5. In "The Individual Artist," what does Morrison find interesting about the feud between literary critics from different schools of criticism?
(a) There seems to be no place for the artist in the argument.
(b) Black authors are being centered in the canon for the first time.
(c) Structuralists see the work as a dynamic interaction between reader and text.
(d) It has been covered in the Times Literary Supplement.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "God's Language," what does Morrison say is the place of religion in African American culture?

2. In "Hard, True, and Lasting," Morrison says that she identifies the things she loves and values by doing what?

3. To whom does Morrison address her remarks about the dead of September 11, 2001?

4. In "Women, Race, and Memory," Morrison relates an anecdote about which historical figure?

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

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