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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 tells the anecdote about Antigone in Haiti to illustrate what point?
(a) Ancient Greek works are still relevant today.
(b) Acting in a play is therapeutic.
(c) Dictators try to crush artistic expression.
(d) Art has real-world power.

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

3. In "Black Matter(s)," Morrison says that we can understand something important about literary "whiteness" by studying what?
(a) Literary Blackness.
(b) History.
(c) Changes to the canon over time.
(d) Black writers.

4. In "The Slavebody and the Blackbody," what does Morrison call the "ghost in the machine"?
(a) The slavebody.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Racism.
(d) The blackbody.

5. In "Race Matters," Morrison says that she refuses to write in what voice?
(a) A race-specific one.
(b) The slave's.
(c) The master's.
(d) A masculine one.

Short Answer Questions

1. What form of literature does Morrison discuss at length in "Black Matter(s)"?

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

3. In "Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.," what does Morrison say she wonders about MLK?

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

5. What question does Morrison say is at the center of of government?

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