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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Interlude--Black Matter(s), including the essays “Unspeakable Things Unspoken: The Afro-American Presence in American Literature” through “Hard, True, and Lasting”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whom does Morrison address her remarks about the dead of September 11, 2001?
(a) To the terrorists responsible for the deaths.
(b) To all Americans.
(c) To the families of the dead.
(d) To the dead themselves.

2. In "Black Matter(s)," what does Morrison say she means by "American Africanism"?
(a) The historic systemic oppression of Black Americans.
(b) A white-American construct that defines "American" against a fabrication of Blackness.
(c) A claim for expansion of the literary canon to incorporate Black writers.
(d) A Black literary movement that centers Africanness.

3. Which of the following is a key characteristic of globalism, according to Morrison?
(a) The Americanization of the world.
(b) Celebration of diversity.
(c) Unity among workers.
(d) Creating world peace.

4. In "Academic Whispers," Morrison compares African American literature to what?
(a) A "field hand" tending crops he does not own.
(b) A child who has been locked out of his own house.
(c) A horse pulling a carriage for its wealthy master.
(d) A "houseboy," ushering guests into a party he is not invited to.

5. In "Academic Whispers," who does Morrison say should be asked to speak about racism?
(a) Writers.
(b) Victims of racism.
(c) Historians.
(d) Racists.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Race Matters," Morrison says that tow of the thematic concerns of her work are race and what?

2. In "Unspeakable Things Unspoken," Morrison says that what is different about the discussion of including African-American literature in the canon is that unlike earlier arguments over expanding the canon, this one does what?

3. Where does Morrison say we erroneously turn for answers to contemporary social problems?

4. In her "Sarah Lawrence Commencement Address," Morrison says that one of her aims is to do what?

5. In "Gertrude Stein and the Difference She Makes," Morrison says that she was told that the two responses to chaos are what?

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