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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, globalism creates a fear of what?
(a) Development.
(b) Foreignness.
(c) Ideology.
(d) Marketing.

2. What does Morrison say is a key reason for Western projections onto Africa?
(a) The persecution of indigenous Africans.
(b) Missionaries' quest to Christianize Africa.
(c) Western ignorance about Africa.
(d) Africa's poverty.

3. In "Moral Inhabitants," what is the list of American leaders meant to demonstrate?
(a) Slavery was a violent and degrading institution.
(b) History only shows us one side of these leaders.
(c) Great leaders are "ahead of their time."
(d) Great leaders are born, not made.

4. Morrison's discussion of Huckleberry Finn in "Black Matter(s)" is intended as an illustration of what?
(a) The shadow of Puritanism in fiction.
(b) Historical accuracy in fiction.
(c) Gothic Romanticism.
(d) American Africanism.

5. In "Women, Race, and Memory," Morrison blames what group for the oppression of women?
(a) The Christian church.
(b) Other women.
(c) Government.
(d) Writers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Women, Race, and Memory," Morrison uses the phrase "internecine conflict." In context, this phrase means what?

2. In "The Future of Time," what does Morrison say it seems like "the future" means to people today?

3. In "Black Matter(s)," Morrison says that immigration from the Old World to the New World is usually seen as what?

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

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

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