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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 says that a key "absence" in writing about racism is the omission of its impact on whom?
(a) Future generations.
(b) Non-Black minorities.
(c) Perpetrators.
(d) Women.

2. The Radiance of the King is a novel by Camara Laye, an author of what origin?
(a) European.
(b) North American.
(c) African.
(d) Asian.

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

4. In "Unspeakable Things Unspoken," Morrison brings up Bernal's two models of Greek history in order to illustrate what point?
(a) The European model of Ancient Greece is the basis of Christianity's appropriation of Israel.
(b) The Phoenicians are wrongly viewed as culturally close to ancient Jewish civilization.
(c) Western Civilization's European foundation story rests on dubious scholarship.
(d) Ancient Greece's contributions to Western culture are not as significant as many claim.

5. "Noblesse oblige" is a philosophy that urged the nobility to do what?
(a) Share their wealth.
(b) Seize power from the church.
(c) Prevent strangers from entering their lands.
(d) Accumulate as much land as possible.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Invisible Ink," what word does Morrison object to when it is applied to reading?

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

3. In her "Sarah Lawrence Commencement Address," Morrison says that when you hate you become what?

4. According to "Harlem on My Mind," the term "postblack" refers to whom?

5. In "Goodbye to All That," what does Morrison say was her motive for insisting on being identified as a Black writer from the beginning?

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