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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 "Women, Race, and Memory," Morrison uses the phrase "internecine conflict." In context, this phrase means what?
(a) Conflict between women.
(b) A conflict that hurts both sides.
(c) Hostility between the classes.
(d) A philosophical difference that divides a group.

2. In "Rememory," Morrison complains that a racist society has what effect on her as a writer?
(a) It makes her feel burdened by her Blackness.
(b) It makes her question her talent.
(c) It prevents her from being honest.
(d) It hobbles her imagination.

3. In "Cinderella's Stepsisters," Morrison points out that in the original Grimm's version, the stepsisters were what?
(a) Beautiful, powerful women.
(b) Desperate for their mother's love.
(c) Oppressed just like Cinderella.
(d) The instigators of Cinderella's torment.

4. Where did Morrison go to school as a child?
(a) In segregated private schools in New York.
(b) In public schools in Florida that were suddenly segregated while she was a student.
(c) In public schools in Ohio that had never been segregated.
(d) In desegregated private schools throughout America.

5. What form of literature does Morrison discuss at length in "Black Matter(s)"?
(a) Slave narratives.
(b) Literary memoirs.
(c) Religious sermons.
(d) Art criticism.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Rememory," what does Morrison say causes her to rely on memory rather than history?

2. According to Morrison's "Black Matter(s)," the slave population became the focus of what fundamental feeling of the colonists?

3. To whom does Morrison address her remarks about the dead of September 11, 2001?

4. The art show Morrison discusses in "Harlem on My Mind" had a catalog with a forward written by whom?

5. According to Morrison's "Black Matter(s)," Gothic Romance is evidence of what feeling in the new nation?

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