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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 her "Sarah Lawrence Commencement Address," Morrison says that one of her aims is to do what?
(a) Criticize.
(b) Provoke.
(c) Reassure.
(d) Remember.

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

3. In "Cinderella's Stepsisters," Morrison points out that in the original Grimm's version, the stepsisters were what?
(a) Oppressed just like Cinderella.
(b) Beautiful, powerful women.
(c) Desperate for their mother's love.
(d) The instigators of Cinderella's torment.

4. In "Literature and Public Life," Morrison says that we live in the age of what?
(a) Resignation.
(b) Conscience.
(c) Inquiry.
(d) Spectacle.

5. In "Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.," what does Morrison say she wonders about MLK?
(a) How he preserved his sense of hope.
(b) Whether he would be satisfied with the progress Americans have made.
(c) Where he found his courage.
(d) Whether he would be disappointed in her.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Black Matter(s)," Morrison retells the story of William Dunbar as an example of what?

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

3. In "Literature and Public Life," Morrison opens by joking that because she was once a student at the place she is now speaking, what might happen after her speech?

4. According to Morrison, identifying the race of a subject can have what unintended consequence?

5. What does Morrison praise the National Endowment for the Arts for in "The Individual Artist"?

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