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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 "Race Matters," Morrison compares race to what?
(a) A set of clothing.
(b) A jailer.
(c) A ladder.
(d) A map.

2. In "Women, Race, and Memory," Morrison blames what group for the oppression of women?
(a) Government.
(b) Other women.
(c) The Christian church.
(d) Writers.

3. In "Moral Inhabitants," Morrison says that the ability to make fine distinctions shows what?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Morality.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Prejudice.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "The Price of Wealth, the Cost of Care," what does Morrison blame for diminishing our desire to care for others in modern times?

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

4. In "Black Matter(s)," what aspect of American slavery does Morrison claim makes its impact so long-lasting in American culture?

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

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