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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. Which of the following is a key characteristic of globalism, according to Morrison?
(a) Celebration of diversity.
(b) Unity among workers.
(c) Creating world peace.
(d) The Americanization of the world.

2. What does the title "Academic Whispers" refer to?
(a) Morrison's belief that there is a quiet conversation taking place about the purpose of African American literature.
(b) Echoes of past racism in modern literary criticism.
(c) The secret agreement to exclude Black professors from tenure at Princeton.
(d) Rumors circulating in the Princeton English Department about Morrison's refusal to participate in literary scholarship.

3. In "The Individual Artist," why does Morrison say that the romantic vision of the artist is a "Procrustean bed"?
(a) Because it makes a legend out of ordinary reality.
(b) Because it implies that artists suffer because they are lazy.
(c) Because the romantic ideal is old-fashioned.
(d) Because it denies artists their individuality.

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

5. In "The Future of Time," what does Morrison say it seems like "the future" means to people today?
(a) 20-40 years from now.
(b) Infinity.
(c) Despair.
(d) Nothing at all.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Academic Whispers," who does Morrison say should be asked to speak about racism?

3. In her "Sarah Lawrence Commencement Address," Morrison says that when you hate you become what?

4. In "Black Matter(s)," Morrison speculates that slaves offered white Americans a sense of what?

5. In "Women, Race, and Memory," Morrison divides women into three groups: feminists, anti-feminists, and whom?

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