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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 "Introduction to Peter Sellars," Morrison praises his work for being what?
(a) Critical of racial hierarchies.
(b) Aware of the boundaries between Self and Other.
(c) Both feminist and scholarly.
(d) Both accessible and challenging.

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

3. In "Grendel and His Mother," what omission from Beowulf does Morrison say is significant?
(a) The impact of Grendel's actions on the Danes.
(b) The character of Grendel's father.
(c) Grendel's relationship with his mother.
(d) Grendel's motivation.

4. In "Goodbye to All That," what does Morrison say was her motive for insisting on being identified as a Black writer from the beginning?
(a) She hoped to provoke a conversation about the viability of Black culture.
(b) She wanted to expand critical vocabulary to encompass territory within Black culture.
(c) She hoped to make an argument for Black universalism.
(d) She wanted to unambiguously reject white culture.

5. In "Rememory," Morrison complains that a racist society has what effect on her as a writer?
(a) It hobbles her imagination.
(b) It makes her question her talent.
(c) It prevents her from being honest.
(d) It makes her feel burdened by her Blackness.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Hard, True, and Lasting," Morrison says that what feeling is the first one writers feel when they begin to write?

2. To whom does Morrison address her remarks about the dead of September 11, 2001?

3. In her "Sarah Lawrence Commencement Address," Morrison says that she is willing to talk about typical graduation topics like the future, responsibility, and goodness, but not what?

4. In "Memory, Creation, and Fiction," what does Morrison say about basing characters on people she knows well?

5. In "Chinua Achebe," Morrison says that she learned what from Achebe?

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