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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 Writer Before the Page," Morrison explains what about the structure of her novels?
(a) She always begins with a careful outline.
(b) She dislikes nonlinear narrative.
(c) She finds chapter and part designations unhelpful.
(d) She is frustrated when the parts feel fragmentary.

2. In "The Future of Time," Morrison uses repetition of what phrase?
(a) "The future is already catastrophe."
(b) "What will we think during those longer, healthier lives?"
(c) "We are being bullied into understanding."
(d) "Art is temporal."

3. What does Morrison praise the National Endowment for the Arts for in "The Individual Artist"?
(a) Funding art that everyone agrees is worthwhile.
(b) Encouraging patriotism in the arts.
(c) Taking risks on individual artists.
(d) Avoiding controversy.

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

5. In "The Slavebody and the Blackbody," what does Morrison call the "ghost in the machine"?
(a) Racism.
(b) Poverty.
(c) The slavebody.
(d) The blackbody.

Short Answer Questions

1. Morrison's reading of fiction about Africa written by non-African writers reminded her of what part of her childhood?

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

3. In "The Price of Wealth, the Cost of Care," what does Morrison blame for diminishing our desire to care for others in modern times?

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

5. Morrison claims that after WWII, the language used to discuss war became more what?

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