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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: Part II--God’s Language, including the essays “James Baldwin Eulogy” through “The Writer Before the Page”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Women, Race, and Memory," Morrison divides women into three groups: feminists, anti-feminists, and whom?
(a) Nonaligned humanists.
(b) Libertarians.
(c) Integrationists.
(d) Radical socialists.

2. In "Academic Whispers," Morrison says that interview requests used to make her feel like she was being used as what?
(a) "Literary enforcement."
(b) A "humanistic disciple."
(c) A "specimen."
(d) "Journalistic glue."

3. In her "Sarah Lawrence Commencement Address," what irony is Morrison's discussion of "Feed the Children" campaigns intended to illustrate?
(a) The easy manipulation of well-educated people by supposedly uneducated people.
(b) Creative imagination being limited by our own wealth and power.
(c) The desire of wealthy Americans to spread a culture that other nations cannot afford.
(d) Generosity towards the vulnerable turning to violence as soon as the vulnerable try to advocate for themselves.

4. The ending of The Radiance of the King, according to Morrison, indicates that Clarence has undergone what kind of transformation?
(a) He is now worthy of being a king.
(b) He fully inhabits Western ideals of masculinity.
(c) He opens himself to the African gaze.
(d) He learns to fear becoming like native Africans.

5. In "Gertrude Stein and the Difference She Makes," Morrison says that she was told that the two responses to chaos are what?
(a) Naming and violence.
(b) Imagination and reshaping.
(c) Despair and hope.
(d) Critique and acceptance.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Site of Memory," Morrison says that a large part of her "literary heritage" is what?

2. In "Black Matter(s)," Morrison says that we can understand something important about literary "whiteness" by studying what?

3. In "The Future of Time," what does Morrison say it seems like "the future" means to people today?

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

5. In her "Sarah Lawrence Commencement Address," Morrison says that one of her aims is to do what?

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