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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 7: Part II--God’s Language, including the essays “The Trouble with Paradise” through “Faulkner and Woman”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Morrison begins "Moral Inhabitants" with a list of what Colonial import and export items?
(a) Slaves.
(b) Guns.
(c) Indentured servants.
(d) Bibles and other religious tracts.

2. In "Faulkner and Women," what does Morrison call the character of Sula?
(a) An artist.
(b) A conqueror.
(c) A delight.
(d) An adventuress.

3. Where does Morrison say we erroneously turn for answers to contemporary social problems?
(a) Science.
(b) Literature.
(c) Religion.
(d) The past.

4. In the story that opens "The Nobel Lecture in Literature," what do the children ask the old woman about?
(a) A baby.
(b) Death.
(c) Love.
(d) A bird.

5. In "Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.," what does Morrison say she wonders about MLK?
(a) How he preserved his sense of hope.
(b) Whether he would be disappointed in her.
(c) Where he found his courage.
(d) Whether he would be satisfied with the progress Americans have made.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Academic Whispers," who does Morrison say should be asked to speak about racism?

2. According to "Harlem on My Mind," almost 28 years after the "Harlem" exhibit, the Guggenheim museum did what?

3. In "Tribute to Romare Bearden," Morrison focuses her attention on the relationship between what and Bearden's art?

4. In "Literature and Public Life," what does Morrison say shapes our understanding of community?

5. In "Unspeakable Things Unspoken," Morrison introduces Rogin's commentary on Moby Dick for what purpose?

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