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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Interlude--Black Matter(s), including the essays “Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.” through “Black Matter(s)”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In her "Sarah Lawrence Commencement Address," Morrison defines "dreaming" as what?
(a) Deliberate imagining that creates intimacy with the Other.
(b) Wasted time engaged in wishful thinking.
(c) A meditative state that improves the creative capacity of the Self.
(d) An impractical luxury we cannot afford in modern times.

2. In "The Future of Time," Morrison uses repetition of what phrase?
(a) "The future is already catastrophe."
(b) "What will we think during those longer, healthier lives?"
(c) "Art is temporal."
(d) "We are being bullied into understanding."

3. The Radiance of the King is a novel by Camara Laye, an author of what origin?
(a) North American.
(b) European.
(c) African.
(d) Asian.

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

5. In "The Price of Wealth, the Cost of Care," Morrison compares money to what?
(a) A mistress.
(b) Television.
(c) An art critic.
(d) Slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Black Matter(s)," Morrison says that immigration from the Old World to the New World is usually seen as what?

2. Where does Morrison say we erroneously turn for answers to contemporary social problems?

3. In "Cinderella's Stepsisters," Morrison says that we must use freedom to do what?

4. Which of the following is a key characteristic of globalism, according to Morrison?

5. Morrison claims that after WWII, the language used to discuss war became more what?

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