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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 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 rebut narratives by plantation owners.
(c) To advance the cause of abolition.
(d) To contribute to the historical record.

2. In "Black Matter(s)," what aspect of American slavery does Morrison claim makes its impact so long-lasting in American culture?
(a) The breakup of slave families.
(b) The religion of slave-owners.
(c) Laws against teaching slaves to read and write.
(d) The skin color of the slaves.

3. In "The Habit of Art," Morrison praises the artist Toby Lewis for what?
(a) Taking on the perspective of the "other."
(b) Placing art in public workplaces.
(c) Creating great religious art.
(d) Disrupting the status quo with her provocative work.

4. In "Invisible Ink," what word does Morrison object to when it is applied to text?
(a) Fictive.
(b) Dynamic.
(c) Truthful.
(d) Stable.

5. In "Black Matter(s)," Morrison speculates that slaves offered white Americans a sense of what?
(a) Power and authority they had been denied in Europe.
(b) Permissiveness and freedom lacking in the Europe of that time.
(c) Religious duty to the oppressed.
(d) Being monitored by their social inferiors.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Faulkner and Women," what does Morrison say is characteristic of Black art?

2. In "The Source of Self-Regard," Morrison recounts being asked how to teach one of her books when what was true?

3. In "The Source of Self-Regard," Morrison writes about not wanting to turn her readers into voyeurs. In this context, the word "voyeur" should be defined how?

4. Morrison compares the Africa of the Western imagination to what legendary monster?

5. In "Black Matter(s)," Morrison says that a key "absence" in writing about racism is the omission of its impact on whom?

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