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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 8: Part II--God’s Language, including the essays “The Source of Self-Regard” through “Invisible Ink: Reading the Writing and Writing the Reading”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Black Matter(s)," Morrison speculates that slaves offered white Americans a sense of what?
(a) Permissiveness and freedom lacking in the Europe of that time.
(b) Power and authority they had been denied in Europe.
(c) Religious duty to the oppressed.
(d) Being monitored by their social inferiors.

2. In "Faulkner and Women," what does Morrison say is characteristic of Black art?
(a) Its use of historical allusions.
(b) Its use of cross-genre influences.
(c) Its use of allegory.
(d) Its use of myth.

3. What question does Morrison say is at the center of of government?
(a) Creating peace and security.
(b) Distribution of wealth.
(c) Control over history's narrative.
(d) Cultural apartheid or integration.

4. In "Unspeakable Things Unspoken," Morrison says that she sees a reflection of African-American cultural traditions in what form of literature?
(a) Greek tragedy.
(b) Oral narratives.
(c) Epic poetry.
(d) Early European novels.

5. Morrison compares the Africa of the Western imagination to what legendary monster?
(a) The Sphinx.
(b) Grendel.
(c) Leviathan.
(d) Medusa.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "The In "The Nobel Lecture in Literature," Morrison speculates about how much more knowledge we would have if scholarship was not held back by what?

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

4. In "Women, Race, and Memory," Morrison blames what group for the oppression of women?

5. In "Faulkner and Women," What reasons does Morrison give for not being able to speak to the conference about Faulkner?

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