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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Part I--The Foreigner’s Home, including the essays “Harlem on My Mind: Contesting Memory--Meditation on Museums, Culture, and Integration” through “The Future of Time: Literature and Diminished Expectations”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In her "Sarah Lawrence Commencement Address," Morrison says that she is willing to talk about typical graduation topics like the future, responsibility, and goodness, but not what?
(a) Ambition.
(b) Humility.
(c) Success.
(d) Happiness.

2. In "Cinderella's Stepsisters," Morrison points out that in the original Grimm's version, the stepsisters were what?
(a) Oppressed just like Cinderella.
(b) Desperate for their mother's love.
(c) Beautiful, powerful women.
(d) The instigators of Cinderella's torment.

3. In the story that opens "The Nobel Lecture in Literature," where does the old woman say the answer to the children's question is?
(a) She doesn't actually answer their question.
(b) In their hearts.
(c) In her eyes.
(d) In their hands.

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

5. Based on your reading of "Arts Advocacy," which statement would Morrison agree with?
(a) Art is a steadying force in society.
(b) Artists are not responsible for a dialogue with society.
(c) The existence of art in a society is precarious.
(d) Real artists are able to create regardless of their circumstances.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The Radiance of the King is a novel by Camara Laye, an author of what origin?

4. In "The Nobel Lecture in Literature," Morrison compares the old woman in the story to what?

5. In "The Future of Time," Morrison points to what two forces as responsible for our modern relationship to the future?

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