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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Interlude--Black Matter(s), including the essays “Unspeakable Things Unspoken: The Afro-American Presence in American Literature” through “Hard, True, and Lasting”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Store displays arranged to look like the interiors of houses and the interiors of houses arranged to look like store displays is an example Morrison gives of which aspect of globalism?
(a) The erasure of the line between public and private.
(b) The boundless creation of wealth.
(c) Corporate control of formerly public spaces.
(d) Its division of people into "center" and "margin."

2. In "Black Matter(s)," Morrison says that immigration from the Old World to the New World is usually seen as what?
(a) A quest to spread European culture to the New World.
(b) A flight from oppression to freedom.
(c) A religious pilgimage.
(d) A desire to unite with the long history of indigenous peoples.

3. In "Unspeakable Things Unspoken," Morrison says that she sees a reflection of African-American cultural traditions in what form of literature?
(a) Greek tragedy.
(b) Early European novels.
(c) Epic poetry.
(d) Oral narratives.

4. In "Women, Race, and Memory," Morrison relates an anecdote about which historical figure?
(a) Harriet Tubman.
(b) Mary Shelly.
(c) Sojourner Truth.
(d) Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

5. "The War on Error" is a speech given to what group?
(a) Amnesty International.
(b) Sarah Lawrence College.
(c) The Newspaper Association of America.
(d) ArtTable.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Moral Inhabitants," Morrison says that the ability to make fine distinctions shows what?

2. According to "Harlem on My Mind," why did the 1969 exhibit by the same name fail?

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

4. According to Morrison's "Black Matter(s)," what is a key factor in national identity?

5. Morrison's reading of fiction about Africa written by non-African writers reminded her of what part of her childhood?

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