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

2. In "Hard, True, and Lasting," Morrison says that she can tolerate being alienated from the dominant culture because she knows what?
(a) The modern world is dangerous and corrupt.
(b) Her isolation will cause her to understand better what is valuable in Black culture.
(c) She will grow through surrendering to another culture.
(d) Strangers cannot touch the things she loves.

3. In "Race Matters," what word does Morrison call an unsatisfying and shallow ending for Beloved?
(a) Kiss.
(b) Audacity.
(c) Remember.
(d) House.

4. In "Cinderella's Stepsisters," Morrison says that we must use freedom to do what?
(a) Educate ourselves.
(b) Free others.
(c) Overthrow corrupt institutions.
(d) Create art.

5. Why is "panoply" a clever piece of diction as used in "Unspeakable Things Unspoken"?
(a) It is part of the alliteration that creates rhythm in the passage.
(b) It has negative connotations that support the irony in the essay's tone.
(c) It is another pun, echoing the essay's opening.
(d) It has a secondary meaning that has to do with arms and armor.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Race Matters," Morrison says that when she was younger she found something in writing that she could not find in life itself--what was it?

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

3. In "The Site of Memory," Morrison says that slave narratives had two purposes: one was to record the life of an individual human being, and the other was what?

4. According to Morrison, identifying the race of a subject can have what unintended consequence?

5. In "Goodbye to All That," what does Morrison say that she wants her work to disable?

(see the answer key)

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