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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Morrison's "Black Matter(s)," Gothic Romance is evidence of what feeling in the new nation?
(a) Power.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Sorrow.

2. Where did Morrison go to school as a child?
(a) In public schools in Florida that were suddenly segregated while she was a student.
(b) In desegregated private schools throughout America.
(c) In public schools in Ohio that had never been segregated.
(d) In segregated private schools in New York.

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

4. In "Race Matters," Morrison creates a metaphorical comparison between "race-specific, race-free" language and what?
(a) A church.
(b) Civil rights actions like the Selma bridge march.
(c) Romantic love.
(d) A borderless, safe, outdoor space.

5. What does Morrison say is at its greatest height since the time of the slave trade?
(a) The mass movement of people.
(b) Globalism.
(c) The opening of boarders.
(d) Legislative attempts to integrate newcomers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Literature and Public Life," Morrison says that the public interest has been redefined as what?

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. According to Morrison's "Black Matter(s)," what is a key factor in national identity?

4. In "The Slavebody and the Blackbody," what does Morrison call the "ghost in the machine"?

5. In "The Nobel Lecture in Literature," What does Morrison refer to with the phrase "tongue-suicide"?

Short Essay Questions

1. In “Black Matter(s)," what point is Morrison illustrating with the excerpt she includes from Bailyn's Voyagers of the West?

2. In “Wartalk,” how does Morrison say that globalization differs from colonialism and internationalism?

3. In “Women, Race, and Memory” how does Morrison describe the way "non-aligned" women are viewed by feminists and anti-feminists, and how do non-aligned women view them?

4. In “Moral Inhabitants," Morrison opens with some U.S. Census statistics. What are they and why does she include them?

5. In her "Sarah Lawrence Commencement Address,” how does Morrison define dreaming and why does she think it is important?

6. What current problems with arts funding does Morrison identify in “Arts Advocacy”?

7. In “The Individual Artist," what does Morrison say is the unique value of the National Endowment for the Arts?

8. In “The Foreigner’s Home,” what point is Morrison making with her discussion of The Radiance of the King?

9. In “A Race in Mind: The Press in Deed," how does Morrison connect the idea of "special interests" with the racial identification of subjects in news stories?

10. In “The Nobel Lecture in Literature," what is the story that Morrison uses to frame her speech?

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