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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 Future of Time," Morrison points to what two forces as responsible for our modern relationship to the future?
(a) Women's Liberation and the Civil Rights Movement.
(b) Religion and literature.
(c) Science and technology.
(d) Secularism and the Cold War.

2. Store displays arranged to look like the interiors of houses and the interiors of houses arranged to look like store displays is an example Morrison gives of which aspect of globalism?
(a) Its division of people into "center" and "margin."
(b) Corporate control of formerly public spaces.
(c) The boundless creation of wealth.
(d) The erasure of the line between public and private.

3. The ending of The Radiance of the King, according to Morrison, indicates that Clarence has undergone what kind of transformation?
(a) He opens himself to the African gaze.
(b) He fully inhabits Western ideals of masculinity.
(c) He is now worthy of being a king.
(d) He learns to fear becoming like native Africans.

4. According to Morrison, how does fascism arise?
(a) As a series of small, orderly steps.
(b) With sudden revolution.
(c) By insisting that all people be treated identically.
(d) When minority groups gain power over the majority.

5. What does Morrison praise the National Endowment for the Arts for in "The Individual Artist"?
(a) Avoiding controversy.
(b) Taking risks on individual artists.
(c) Encouraging patriotism in the arts.
(d) Funding art that everyone agrees is worthwhile.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Literature and Public Life," what does Morrison say shapes our understanding of community?

2. In "The Individual Artist," why does Morrison say that the romantic vision of the artist is a "Procrustean bed"?

3. In "The Habit of Art," Morrison tells the anecdote about Antigone in Haiti to illustrate what point?

4. Mass migration, according to Morrison, causes what to happen?

5. In "Women, Race, and Memory," Morrison uses the phrase "internecine conflict." In context, this phrase means what?

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