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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," Morrison compares money to what?
(a) Slavery.
(b) Television.
(c) A mistress.
(d) An art critic.

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

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

4. 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 prototypical American white male.
(d) A critic who understands the significance of Black art.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Future of Time," Morrison points to what two forces as responsible for our modern relationship to the future?

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

3. In "Unspeakable Things Unspoken," Morrison says that she sees a reflection of African-American cultural traditions in what form of literature?

4. In "Race Matters," Morrison creates a metaphorical comparison between "race-specific, race-free" language and what?

5. The art show Morrison discusses in "Harlem on My Mind" had a catalog with a forward written by whom?

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