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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 "The Price of Wealth, the Cost of Care," what does Morrison blame for diminishing our desire to care for others in modern times?
(a) The rise of fascism in Western democracies.
(b) The rise of non-governmental organizations.
(c) Our fear of the movement of people across borders.
(d) Widespread poverty in our own country.

2. In "The Future of Time," Morrison points to what two forces as responsible for our modern relationship to the future?
(a) Secularism and the Cold War.
(b) Women's Liberation and the Civil Rights Movement.
(c) Religion and literature.
(d) Science and technology.

3. In "Cinderella's Stepsisters," Morrison says that we must use freedom to do what?
(a) Create art.
(b) Overthrow corrupt institutions.
(c) Educate ourselves.
(d) Free others.

4. In "Unspeakable Things Unspoken," Morrison says that she sees a reflection of African-American cultural traditions in what form of literature?
(a) Greek tragedy.
(b) Oral narratives.
(c) Epic poetry.
(d) Early European novels.

5. In "The Site of Memory," Morrison says that slave narratives had two purposes: one was to record the life of an individual human being, and the other was what?
(a) To condemn their former masters.
(b) To advance the cause of abolition.
(c) To rebut narratives by plantation owners.
(d) To contribute to the historical record.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Race Matters," Morrison says that when she was younger she found something in writing that she could not find in life itself--what was it?

2. In "The Future of Time," Morrison uses repetition of what phrase?

3. In "Unspeakable Things Unspoken," Morrison says that arguments against the inclusion of African American writings in the canon follow a sequence that ends with what belief?

4. In "Black Matter(s)," Morrison says that immigration from the Old World to the New World is usually seen as what?

5. In "The Price of Wealth, the Cost of Care," why does Morrison include a list of colonial conquests?

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