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

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

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

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

5. In her "Sarah Lawrence Commencement Address," Morrison says that when you hate you become what?
(a) A monster.
(b) A slave.
(c) An addict.
(d) A victim.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Slavebody and the Blackbody," Morrison says what about slavery?

2. In "Race Matters," Morrison says that she refuses to write in what voice?

3. In her "Sarah Lawrence Commencement Address," what irony is Morrison's discussion of "Feed the Children" campaigns intended to illustrate?

4. 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?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In “Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.," what are the things that Morrison says Dr. King believed in?

2. In “The Future of Time: Literature and Diminished Expectations," why does Morrison say it is important for us to turn our attention to the future?

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. In “The Habit of Art," why does Morrison allude to Antigone?

8. In “The Dead of September 11,” Morrison alludes to a famous speech. What speech does she allude to and what is the purpose of this allusion?

9. In “War Against Error," what does Morrison propose as a new "curriculum," and what does she hope it will accomplish?

10. 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?

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