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

2. Morrison's reading of fiction about Africa written by non-African writers reminded her of what part of her childhood?
(a) When she struggled to understand a movie set in Asia.
(b) Her own immigration to America from Ghana.
(c) The first time she was called a racial epithet.
(d) When the church collection plate was passed to raise money for Africa.

3. Morrison compares the Africa of the Western imagination to what legendary monster?
(a) The Sphinx.
(b) Medusa.
(c) Leviathan.
(d) Grendel.

4. In "The Future of Time," Morrison worries that we increasingly turn to the past for what?
(a) Evidence to confirm our biases.
(b) Answers to current problems.
(c) Philosophical wisdom.
(d) Visions of what our future could be.

5. What does Morrison say is a key reason for Western projections onto Africa?
(a) Missionaries' quest to Christianize Africa.
(b) Western ignorance about Africa.
(c) The persecution of indigenous Africans.
(d) Africa's poverty.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. "Noblesse oblige" is a philosophy that urged the nobility to do what?

4. 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?

5. In "Cinderella's Stepsisters," Morrison says that we must use freedom to do what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

5. 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?

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

7. in “The Price of Wealth, the Cost of Care," what stages does Morrison trace the evolution of Western culture's attitude toward the accumulation of money?

8. In “Black Matter(s)," what main points does Morrison make about the alleged race-neutrality of American history?

9. Explain how, according to Morrison's "Wartalk," the language around war has changed and when these changes occurred.

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

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