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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) The Christian church.
(b) Writers.
(c) Government.
(d) Other women.

2. The Radiance of the King is a novel by Camara Laye, an author of what origin?
(a) Asian.
(b) African.
(c) European.
(d) North American.

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

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

5. Where does Morrison say we erroneously turn for answers to contemporary social problems?
(a) Religion.
(b) Literature.
(c) The past.
(d) Science.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is it that Morrison says distinguishes globalism from previous movements?

3. "The War on Error" is a speech given to what group?

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. In "Women, Race, and Memory," Morrison divides women into three groups: feminists, anti-feminists, and whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. In “Race Matters," why does Morrison say that she decided she needed a "home" and not just a "house"?

2. In “Literature and Public Life," what does Morrison blame television for, and what does she propose as a solution?

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

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

5. In “Race Matters," what story does Morrison tell about the ending of Beloved, and why does she tell this story?

6. According to Morrison's “Women, Race, and Memory," what are the assumptions behind infighting among women?

7. In “Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.," what does Morrison say that she wonders about MLK, and why?

8. 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?

9. In “The Slavebody and the Blackbody,” how does Morrison differentiate between these two kinds of bodies, and why does she bother?

10. In her speech “Cinderella’s Stepsisters," what is the purpose of the allusion to Cinderella?

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