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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In "The Source of Self-Regard," Morrison recounts being asked how to teach one of her books when what was true?
2. In "Academic Whispers," who does Morrison say should be asked to speak about racism?
3. In "Hard, True, and Lasting," Morrison says that what feeling is the first one writers feel when they begin to write?
4. In "Introduction to Peter Sellars," Morrison says that Sellars wanted what kind of introduction?
5. In "Goodbye to All That," Morrison uses examples of literary partings between Black and white women to demonstrate what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What point is Morrison trying to illustrate when she brings up the origins of Ancient Greece in “Unspeakable Things Unspoken"?
2. In “Academic Whispers," what does Morrison say used to annoy her about being asked to speak about racism?
3. In “The Site of Memory," what does Morrison say about how image and memory interacted for her in relation to her father's death and Song of Solomon?
4. In “Academic Whispers," what three reasons does Morrison say are poor reasons to include African American literature in the canon?
5. According to “The Writer Before the Page," what is the relationship between Hannah Peace and Sula?
6. In “The Site of Memory," what reasons does Morrison give for finding her inclusion in an anthology about memoir to be both strange and appropriate?
7. In “Gertrude Stein and the Difference She Makes," Morrison says that the two responses to chaos are "renaming" and "violence." What does she mean by this?
8. In “James Baldwin Eulogy,” what does Morrison describe as Baldwin's contribution to language?
9. In “Unspeakable Things Unspoken," what does Morrison say she is trying to evoke with the image of nightshade in the beginning of Sula?
10. According to “Goodbye to All That: Race, Surrogacy, and Farewell," what have been the changes over time in the literary handling of relationships between women of different races?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In “The Nobel Lecture in Literature,” Morrison uses a folktale to structure her lecture. Explain how she interprets and then reinterprets this folktale.
Essay Topic 2
In her eulogy for James Baldwin, Morrison enumerates three gifts that Baldwin gave her and three ways in which Baldwin is an inspiration to her. What are these gifts and sources of inspiration, and how does Morrison try to make use of them?
Essay Topic 3
In “Moral Inhabitants,” Morrison lists several “Great Men” from American history and describes their views on race. Explain how this list functions in the larger context of “Moral Inhabitants.” What is the purpose of the list, and how does it accomplish its aims?
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