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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. In "The Habit of Art," Morrison praises the artist Toby Lewis for what?
(a) Creating great religious art.
(b) Taking on the perspective of the "other."
(c) Disrupting the status quo with her provocative work.
(d) Placing art in public workplaces.

2. Morrison's reading of fiction about Africa written by non-African writers reminded her of what part of her childhood?
(a) When the church collection plate was passed to raise money for Africa.
(b) Her own immigration to America from Ghana.
(c) The first time she was called a racial epithet.
(d) When she struggled to understand a movie set in Asia.

3. In "Cinderella's Stepsisters," Morrison's central claim is that women should not do what?
(a) Oppress other women.
(b) Undermine feminism by being too nurturing.
(c) Participate in corrupt institutions.
(d) Risk the gains women have made by trying to move forward too quickly.

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

5. In "Women, Race, and Memory," Morrison relates an anecdote about which historical figure?
(a) Harriet Tubman.
(b) Sojourner Truth.
(c) Mary Shelly.
(d) Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Morrison go to school as a child?

2. In "The Future of Time," Morrison uses repetition of what phrase?

3. The Radiance of the King is a novel by Camara Laye, an author of what origin?

4. In "Race Matters," Morrison says that she refuses to write in what voice?

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

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