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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 when you hate you become what?
(a) A slave.
(b) An addict.
(c) A monster.
(d) A victim.

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. In "The Individual Artist," what does Morrison find interesting about the feud between literary critics from different schools of criticism?
(a) Black authors are being centered in the canon for the first time.
(b) Structuralists see the work as a dynamic interaction between reader and text.
(c) There seems to be no place for the artist in the argument.
(d) It has been covered in the Times Literary Supplement.

4. Morrison claims that after WWII, the language used to discuss war became more what?
(a) Propagandistic and angry.
(b) Elevated and heroic.
(c) Persuasive and subtle.
(d) Childish and simplistic.

5. In "The Slavebody and the Blackbody," Morrison says what about slavery?
(a) Most modern Americans do not have any historic ties to slavery.
(b) Writing about it can be cruel to modern African Americans.
(c) It is an ancient practice that is not always tied to racism.
(d) Slavery's consequences have been the same throughout history.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "Harlem on My Mind," the term "postblack" refers to whom?

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

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

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

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

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