The Source of Self-Regard Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

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The Source of Self-Regard Quiz | Four Week Quiz A

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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. "The War on Error" is a speech given to what group?
(a) Sarah Lawrence College.
(b) ArtTable.
(c) Amnesty International.
(d) The Newspaper Association of America.

2. In "The Nobel Lecture in Literature," What does Morrison refer to with the phrase "tongue-suicide"?
(a) A refusal to speak for what is right.
(b) The willingness to ban and destroy books.
(c) The death of language.
(d) Lying.

3. What does Morrison say is a key reason for Western projections onto Africa?
(a) The persecution of indigenous Africans.
(b) Western ignorance about Africa.
(c) Africa's poverty.
(d) Missionaries' quest to Christianize Africa.

4. 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) In their hands.
(b) In her eyes.
(c) She doesn't actually answer their question.
(d) In their hearts.

5. In "Arts Advocacy," Morrison recounts discovering that a highly regarded artist vetoed funding for another artist for what reason?
(a) He knew that the other artist's work would sell better if the public saw him "struggling."
(b) He thought that having a secure income would ruin the other artist's work.
(c) He found the other artist's work too controversial.
(d) He was jealous of the other artist's possible success.

Short Answer Questions

1. The art show Morrison discusses in "Harlem on My Mind" had a catalog with a forward written by whom?

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

3. In "Women, Race, and Memory," Morrison relates an anecdote about which historical figure?

4. Based on your reading of "Arts Advocacy," which statement would Morrison agree with?

5. In "Moral Inhabitants," Morrison says that the ability to make fine distinctions shows what?

(see the answer key)

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