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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. John Gardner's novel Grendel uses the original story as a source for what?
(a) A retelling from Grendel's point of view.
(b) A psychological study of motherhood.
(c) A meditation on the nature of heroism.
(d) A feminist interpretation of Grendel's mother.
2. In "The Writer Before the Page," what does Morrison say she avoids in her writing?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Literary allusions.
(c) Musical language.
(d) Figurative language.
3. In "Rememory," Morrison complains that a racist society has what effect on her as a writer?
(a) It prevents her from being honest.
(b) It makes her question her talent.
(c) It makes her feel burdened by her Blackness.
(d) It hobbles her imagination.
4. In her "James Baldwin Eulogy," Morrison makes an allusion to what Biblical story?
(a) Leviathan.
(b) The visit of the Three Wise Men to the Christ child.
(c) David and Goliath.
(d) The destruction of Solomon's temple.
5. In "Hard, True, and Lasting," Morrison says that what feeling is the first one writers feel when they begin to write?
(a) Gratitude.
(b) Love.
(c) Separateness.
(d) Independence.
Short Answer Questions
1. Morrison's novel "Paradise" is set where?
2. In "The Site of Memory," Morrison remarks on the absence of what in slave narratives?
3. In "Faulkner and Women," what does Morrison call the character of Sula?
4. Why is "panoply" a clever piece of diction as used in "Unspeakable Things Unspoken"?
5. In "Introduction to Peter Sellars," Morrison praises his work for being what?
Short Essay Questions
1. In “The Site of Memory," what does Morrison say about how image and memory interacted for her in relation to her father's death and Song of Solomon?
2. In “Gertrude Stein and the Difference She Makes," what confuses Morrison about Stein's portrayal of Rose?
3. In “Introduction of Peter Sellars," what are the main points of Morrison's praise for Peter Sellars as an artist?
4. In "On Beloved," Morrison discusses Sula and Beloved in the context of feminism; what is the relationship of these two texts to feminism?
5. According to “Goodbye to All That: Race, Surrogacy, and Farewell," what have been the changes over time in the literary handling of relationships between women of different races?
6. In “The Trouble with Paradise," what does Morrison mean when she says that fiction writers have to stare unblinking into the "realm of difference"?
7. What point is Morrison trying to illustrate when she brings up Moby Dick in “Unspeakable Things Unspoken"?
8. In “Unspeakable Things Unspoken," what does Morrison say she is trying to evoke with the image of nightshade in the beginning of Sula?
9. In “The Source of Self-Regard," what does Morrison say made her uncomfortable about the letters she received from students, and why did it make her feel this way?
10. In “The Site of Memory," what reasons does Morrison give for finding her inclusion in an anthology about memoir to be both strange and appropriate?
This section contains 995 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
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