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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 "The Price of Wealth, the Cost of Care," what does Morrison blame for diminishing our desire to care for others in modern times?
(a) Our fear of the movement of people across borders.
(b) The rise of fascism in Western democracies.
(c) The rise of non-governmental organizations.
(d) Widespread poverty in our own country.

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

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

4. What does Morrison praise the National Endowment for the Arts for in "The Individual Artist"?
(a) Funding art that everyone agrees is worthwhile.
(b) Avoiding controversy.
(c) Encouraging patriotism in the arts.
(d) Taking risks on individual artists.

5. Mass migration, according to Morrison, causes what to happen?
(a) The surveillance state.
(b) Fear of foreignness.
(c) Expansion of identity to include the "other."
(d) Failure of the state.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What question does Morrison say is at the center of of government?

3. Morrison compares the Africa of the Western imagination to what legendary monster?

4. The ending of The Radiance of the King, according to Morrison, indicates that Clarence has undergone what kind of transformation?

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

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