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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. What is one of the consequences that Morrison blames on minstrelsy?
(a) The centering of African American culture.
(b) The debasement of language.
(c) Class warfare.
(d) Racism.

2. In "The Slavebody and the Blackbody," Morrison says what about slavery?
(a) Slavery's consequences have been the same throughout history.
(b) It is an ancient practice that is not always tied to racism.
(c) Most modern Americans do not have any historic ties to slavery.
(d) Writing about it can be cruel to modern African Americans.

3. In her "Sarah Lawrence Commencement Address," Morrison says that when you hate you become what?
(a) A slave.
(b) An addict.
(c) A victim.
(d) A monster.

4. Morrison compares the Africa of the Western imagination to what legendary monster?
(a) Medusa.
(b) Leviathan.
(c) The Sphinx.
(d) Grendel.

5. What does Morrison say is at its greatest height since the time of the slave trade?
(a) The mass movement of people.
(b) Legislative attempts to integrate newcomers.
(c) Globalism.
(d) The opening of boarders.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In "Race Matters," Morrison compares race to what?

4. In "Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.," what does Morrison say is MLK's legacy?

5. According to Morrison's "Black Matter(s)," what is a key factor in national identity?

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