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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," which two of her works does Morrison chiefly discuss?
2. In "Goodbye to All That," what does Morrison say was her motive for insisting on being identified as a Black writer from the beginning?
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. In "Goodbye to All That," Morrison opens with an anecdote about asking an interviewer to omit all questions about what?
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 “The Trouble with Paradise" what reasons does Morrison give for leaving the racial identification of those in the Convent ambiguous?
3. In “Invisible Ink," Morrison proposes that current ways of thinking about the interaction between reader and text are missing an element: the "invisible ink" that can manipulate the reader. Explain what she means by this.
4. In “Faulkner and Women," what does Morrison say Faulkner's influence on her has been?
5. 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?
6. In “Grendel and His Mother," what does Morrison say is interesting about the Danes' reaction to Grendel, and what does she say this shows about the nature of evil?
7. In “Rememory," Morrison describes her writing process using memory and explains how it is similar to a thematic and narrative element in one of her books. What is her process, and which book's narrative does she see it reflected in.
8. In “Unspeakable Things Unspoken," what does Morrison say she is trying to evoke with the image of nightshade in the beginning of Sula?
9. In “Academic Whispers," what three reasons does Morrison say are poor reasons to include African American literature in the canon?
10. In “The Source of Self-Regard," what does Morrison describe as some of the contradictions that jazz contains?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
In "God's Language," Morrison suggests that religious ideas, and the idea of paradise particularly, are difficult to convey in a modern context. Why does she believe this and what is her proposed solution?
Essay Topic 3
In “The War on Error,” Morrison employs a conceit comparing governments to students. Explain how she develops this conceit and how it impacts an audience’s understanding of her central point in “The War on Error.”
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