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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 "The Price of Wealth, the Cost of Care," why does Morrison include a list of colonial conquests?
(a) To question her audience's understanding of history.
(b) To illustrate the bloody history of wealth accumulation.
(c) To argue that history will always be cruel and inhumane.
(d) To compare the conquerors with the average citizen today.

2. In "Unspeakable Things Unspoken," Morrison notes that she almost titled the essay something else--what?
(a) Cannon Fodder.
(b) Canon Fodder.
(c) Canon Father.
(d) Cannon Father.

3. Morrison's discussion of Huckleberry Finn in "Black Matter(s)" is intended as an illustration of what?
(a) Historical accuracy in fiction.
(b) American Africanism.
(c) Gothic Romanticism.
(d) The shadow of Puritanism in fiction.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Tribute to Romare Bearden," Morrison notes what about African American visual art?

2. In "The Site of Memory," Morrison remarks on the absence of what in slave narratives?

3. In "The Writer Before the Page," Morrison compares a successful text to what?

4. What does the title "Academic Whispers" refer to?

5. "The Trouble with Paradise" is mostly about what?

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