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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 her "Sarah Lawrence Commencement Address," Morrison says that when you hate you become what?
(a) A monster.
(b) An addict.
(c) A victim.
(d) A slave.

2. In "Literature and Public Life," what does Morrison say shapes our understanding of community?
(a) Government propaganda.
(b) Literature from outside the canon.
(c) The media, especially television.
(d) Literature from the canon.

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

5. In "Academic Whispers," Morrison says that interview requests used to make her feel like she was being used as what?
(a) "Journalistic glue."
(b) A "specimen."
(c) A "humanistic disciple."
(d) "Literary enforcement."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Morrison say is at its greatest height since the time of the slave trade?

2. In "The Site of Memory," what tactic does Morrison point out in slave narratives?

3. In "God's Language," Morrison uses the word "ruminating" to describe what?

4. Who is Hannah Peace?

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

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