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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 "Women, Race, and Memory," Morrison blames what group for the oppression of women?
(a) The Christian church.
(b) Government.
(c) Other women.
(d) Writers.

2. In "Moral Inhabitants," Morrison says that the ability to make fine distinctions shows what?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) Prejudice.
(d) Morality.

3. In "The Individual Artist," why does Morrison say that the romantic vision of the artist is a "Procrustean bed"?
(a) Because it implies that artists suffer because they are lazy.
(b) Because it denies artists their individuality.
(c) Because the romantic ideal is old-fashioned.
(d) Because it makes a legend out of ordinary reality.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Price of Wealth, the Cost of Care," Morrison compares money to what?

2. In "The Slavebody and the Blackbody," Morrison says what about slavery?

3. In "Cinderella's Stepsisters," Morrison points out that in the original Grimm's version, the stepsisters were what?

4. In "Arts Advocacy," Morrison recounts discovering that a highly regarded artist vetoed funding for another artist for what reason?

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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