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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 "Harlem on My Mind," why did the 1969 exhibit by the same name fail?
(a) The exhibit was too ambitious and tried to incorporate too many different kinds of art.
(b) It contained racist materials and did not include much art by African American artists.
(c) New York was not ready for Black art in 1969, and attendance was very low.
(d) Critics did not understand the cultural aesthetics the exhibit represented.

2. 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?
(a) A lack of funding.
(b) Oppressive language.
(c) Exclusion of Black scholars.
(d) Governmental interference.

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

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

5. In "Black Matter(s)," Morrison retells the story of William Dunbar as an example of what?
(a) A slave who struggled to make his voice heard.
(b) A prototypical American white male.
(c) A victim of state violence.
(d) A critic who understands the significance of Black art.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Morrison say is at its greatest height since the time of the slave trade?

2. Where does Morrison say we erroneously turn for answers to contemporary social problems?

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

4. Which of the following is a key characteristic of globalism, according to Morrison?

5. In her "Sarah Lawrence Commencement Address," Morrison says that when you hate you become what?

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