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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In "Tribute to Romare Bearden," Morrison focuses her attention on the relationship between what and Bearden's art?
2. In "Hard, True, and Lasting," Morrison says that what feeling is the first one writers feel when they begin to write?
3. In "Academic Whispers," Morrison compares African American literature to what?
4. In "Invisible Ink," what word does Morrison object to when it is applied to text?
5. In "Faulkner and Women," What reasons does Morrison give for not being able to speak to the conference about Faulkner?
Short Essay Questions
1. In “Academic Whispers," what three reasons does Morrison say are poor reasons to include African American literature in the canon?
2. 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?
3. 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?
4. In “Gertrude Stein and the Difference She Makes," Morrison says that the two responses to chaos are "renaming" and "violence." What does she mean by this?
5. In "On Beloved," Morrison discusses Sula and Beloved in the context of feminism; what is the relationship of these two texts to feminism?
6. In “Tribute to Romare Bearden," Morrison praises Bearden's work as a dialogue between artists; how does she see his work impacting her own?
7. In “Introduction of Peter Sellars," what are the main points of Morrison's praise for Peter Sellars as an artist?
8. In “The Source of Self-Regard," what does Morrison describe as some of the contradictions that jazz contains?
9. In “Unspeakable Things Unspoken," who does Morrison credit with opening up the canon, and how would she like to see it further expanded?
10. In “James Baldwin Eulogy,” what does Morrison describe as Baldwin's contribution to language?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In “The War on Error,” Morrison employs a conceit comparing governments to students. Explain how she develops this conceit and how it impacts an audience’s understanding of her central point in “The War on Error.”
Essay Topic 2
In “Gertrude Stein and the Difference She Makes,” Morrison offers a critique of the relationship of Mark Twain, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Herman Melville, and Edgar Allan Poe to the natural world. Explain the basis of her critique and evaluate the strength of the evidence she offers in her discussion of each author.
Essay Topic 3
In “Race Matters,” Morrison tries to illustrate her main point with brief analyses of her own works. Summarize what she has to say about her own works and then evaluate how successful she is in accomplishing her goal in offering these analyses.
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