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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. According to Morrison's "Black Matter(s)," Gothic Romance is evidence of what feeling in the new nation?
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Power.
(d) Sorrow.

2. In "Black Matter(s)," Morrison says that a key "absence" in writing about racism is the omission of its impact on whom?
(a) Women.
(b) Non-Black minorities.
(c) Perpetrators.
(d) Future generations.

3. In "The Price of Wealth, the Cost of Care," why does Morrison include a list of colonial conquests?
(a) To argue that history will always be cruel and inhumane.
(b) To illustrate the bloody history of wealth accumulation.
(c) To question her audience's understanding of history.
(d) To compare the conquerors with the average citizen today.

4. In "Women, Race, and Memory," Morrison uses the phrase "internecine conflict." In context, this phrase means what?
(a) Conflict between women.
(b) A philosophical difference that divides a group.
(c) A conflict that hurts both sides.
(d) Hostility between the classes.

5. Based on your reading of "Arts Advocacy," which statement would Morrison agree with?
(a) Art is a steadying force in society.
(b) Artists are not responsible for a dialogue with society.
(c) The existence of art in a society is precarious.
(d) Real artists are able to create regardless of their circumstances.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Literature and Public Life," what does Morrison say shapes our understanding of community?

2. Morrison's discussion of Huckleberry Finn in "Black Matter(s)" is intended as an illustration of what?

3. In "The In "The Nobel Lecture in Literature," Morrison speculates about how much more knowledge we would have if scholarship was not held back by what?

4. In "The Slavebody and the Blackbody," Morrison says what about slavery?

5. In "Cinderella's Stepsisters," Morrison points out that in the original Grimm's version, the stepsisters were what?

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