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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. According to "Harlem on My Mind," why did the 1969 exhibit by the same name fail?
(a) It contained racist materials and did not include much art by African American artists.
(b) Critics did not understand the cultural aesthetics the exhibit represented.
(c) The exhibit was too ambitious and tried to incorporate too many different kinds of art.
(d) New York was not ready for Black art in 1969, and attendance was very low.

2. Morrison began Beloved after seeing what?
(a) Her father in the hospital.
(b) A newspaper clipping.
(c) An argument between her mother and one of her friends.
(d) The arrest of a Black girl.

3. In "The Individual Artist," why does Morrison say that the romantic vision of the artist is a "Procrustean bed"?
(a) Because it makes a legend out of ordinary reality.
(b) Because the romantic ideal is old-fashioned.
(c) Because it implies that artists suffer because they are lazy.
(d) Because it denies artists their individuality.

4. In "Women, Race, and Memory," Morrison relates an anecdote about which historical figure?
(a) Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
(b) Mary Shelly.
(c) Sojourner Truth.
(d) Harriet Tubman.

5. In "The Writer Before the Page," Morrison explains what about the structure of her novels?
(a) She dislikes nonlinear narrative.
(b) She is frustrated when the parts feel fragmentary.
(c) She finds chapter and part designations unhelpful.
(d) She always begins with a careful outline.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Gertrude Stein and the Difference She Makes," what element does Morrison say is an aspect of the European American response to chaos lacking in the indigenous response?

2. In "Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.," what does Morrison say is MLK's legacy?

3. In "Literature and Public Life," Morrison opens by joking that because she was once a student at the place she is now speaking, what might happen after her speech?

4. John Gardner's novel Grendel uses the original story as a source for what?

5. Why is "panoply" a clever piece of diction as used in "Unspeakable Things Unspoken"?

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