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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 8: Part II--God’s Language, including the essays “The Source of Self-Regard” through “Invisible Ink: Reading the Writing and Writing the Reading”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Source of Self-Regard," which two of her works does Morrison chiefly discuss?
(a) Song of Solomon and Beloved.
(b) Beloved and Jazz.
(c) Sula and Song of Solomon.
(d) Jazz and Sula.

2. In "A Race in Mind," Morrison asks for more thoughtful work from what group?
(a) Government.
(b) Authors.
(c) The press.
(d) Art critics.

3. In "The Slavebody and the Blackbody," what does Morrison call the "ghost in the machine"?
(a) Racism.
(b) The slavebody.
(c) The blackbody.
(d) Poverty.

4. In her "Sarah Lawrence Commencement Address," Morrison says that one of her aims is to do what?
(a) Criticize.
(b) Reassure.
(c) Provoke.
(d) Remember.

5. In "Goodbye to All That," Morrison opens with an anecdote about asking an interviewer to omit all questions about what?
(a) Politics.
(b) Her academic career.
(c) Her novels.
(d) Race.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Morrison go to school as a child?

2. In "Hard, True, and Lasting," Morrison says that she can tolerate being alienated from the dominant culture because she knows what?

3. In her "Sarah Lawrence Commencement Address," Morrison says that when you hate you become what?

4. In "Introduction to Peter Sellars," Morrison praises his work for being what?

5. In "Race Matters," what word does Morrison call an unsatisfying and shallow ending for Beloved?

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