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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 "The Writer Before the Page," Morrison compares a successful text to what?
(a) A shattered mirror.
(b) A guidebook.
(c) A map.
(d) A historical narrative.

2. In "The Price of Wealth, the Cost of Care," Morrison compares money to what?
(a) Television.
(b) A mistress.
(c) Slavery.
(d) An art critic.

3. 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 feel burdened by her Blackness.
(c) It prevents her from being honest.
(d) It makes her question her talent.

4. In "Invisible Ink," what word does Morrison object to when it is applied to reading?
(a) Art.
(b) Challenge.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) Participation.

5. In "The Trouble with Paradise," Morrison says she knows how whiteness "matures and ascends the throne of universalism." What is the best descriptor of this phrase?
(a) Morrison metaphorically compares whiteness to a royal leader and universalism to a kingdom.
(b) Morrison personifies whiteness in order to attribute dark motives to its actions.
(c) Morrison uses royal imagery to establish the legitimacy of white universalism.
(d) Morrison uses sibilance to suggest that whiteness is demonic.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Morrison, how does fascism arise?

2. In "The Habit of Art," Morrison praises the artist Toby Lewis for what?

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

4. In "Black Matter(s)," Morrison retells the story of William Dunbar as an example of what?

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

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