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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. What is it that Morrison says distinguishes globalism from previous movements?
(a) Its documentation in literature.
(b) Its speed.
(c) Changes in political alliances.
(d) The way it distributes wealth.

2. In the story that opens "The Nobel Lecture in Literature," what do the children ask the old woman about?
(a) Love.
(b) Death.
(c) A bird.
(d) A baby.

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

4. What question does Morrison say is at the center of of government?
(a) Creating peace and security.
(b) Distribution of wealth.
(c) Control over history's narrative.
(d) Cultural apartheid or integration.

5. In "The Future of Time," Morrison worries that we increasingly turn to the past for what?
(a) Philosophical wisdom.
(b) Answers to current problems.
(c) Visions of what our future could be.
(d) Evidence to confirm our biases.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Nobel Lecture in Literature," What does Morrison refer to with the phrase "tongue-suicide"?

2. In "The Habit of Art," Morrison tells the anecdote about Antigone in Haiti to illustrate what point?

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

4. Morrison begins "Moral Inhabitants" with a list of what Colonial import and export items?

5. The art show Morrison discusses in "Harlem on My Mind" had a catalog with a forward written by whom?

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