This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Part I--The Foreigner’s Home, including the essays “Moral Inhabitants” through “The Slavebody and the Blackbody”.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. According to Morrison, identifying the race of a subject can have what unintended consequence?
(a) Perpetuating stereotypes and marginalizing minorities.
(b) Shaping public perception of whiteness.
(c) Inaccurately depicting race as "real" instead of as a "construct."
(d) Better representation of marginalized communities.

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?
(a) The erasure of the line between public and private.
(b) Corporate control of formerly public spaces.
(c) The boundless creation of wealth.
(d) Its division of people into "center" and "margin."

5. In "Moral Inhabitants," what is the list of American leaders meant to demonstrate?
(a) Great leaders are "ahead of their time."
(b) Slavery was a violent and degrading institution.
(c) Great leaders are born, not made.
(d) History only shows us one side of these leaders.