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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. In "The Habit of Art," Morrison tells the anecdote about Antigone in Haiti to illustrate what point?
(a) Acting in a play is therapeutic.
(b) Dictators try to crush artistic expression.
(c) Art has real-world power.
(d) Ancient Greek works are still relevant today.

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

3. "The War Against Error" is a fifteenth and sixteenth century effort to eliminate what kind of error?
(a) The acceptance of Africans into European society.
(b) Philosophical thinking that questioned the power of the state.
(c) Movements against genocide and ethnic cleansing.
(d) Religious beliefs that differed from community norms.

4. In "Gertrude Stein and the Difference She Makes," Morrison proposes that the third response to chaos is what?
(a) Hierarchy.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Stillness.
(d) Genocide.

5. In "The Nobel Lecture in Literature," What does Morrison refer to with the phrase "tongue-suicide"?
(a) A refusal to speak for what is right.
(b) The willingness to ban and destroy books.
(c) The death of language.
(d) Lying.

Short Answer Questions

1. The ending of The Radiance of the King, according to Morrison, indicates that Clarence has undergone what kind of transformation?

2. In "Race Matters," what word does Morrison call an unsatisfying and shallow ending for Beloved?

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

4. In "Gertrude Stein and the Difference She Makes," what element does Morrison say is an aspect of the European American response to chaos lacking in the indigenous response?

5. In "Gertrude Stein and the Difference She Makes," Morrison posits that the "Lone" Ranger is "lone" because of what?

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