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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. Where does Morrison say we erroneously turn for answers to contemporary social problems?
(a) Religion.
(b) The past.
(c) Literature.
(d) Science.

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

3. In "The Slavebody and the Blackbody," what does Morrison call the "ghost in the machine"?
(a) The blackbody.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Racism.
(d) The slavebody.

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

5. "The War Against Error" is a fifteenth and sixteenth century effort to eliminate what kind of error?
(a) Movements against genocide and ethnic cleansing.
(b) The acceptance of Africans into European society.
(c) Philosophical thinking that questioned the power of the state.
(d) Religious beliefs that differed from community norms.

Short Answer 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?

2. In "The Slavebody and the Blackbody," when Morrison suggests that writing about slavery cuts away at the scar tissue the blackbody uses to hide the slavebody, what technique is she using?

3. In "The Individual Artist," what does Morrison find interesting about the feud between literary critics from different schools of criticism?

4. What does Morrison say is at its greatest height since the time of the slave trade?

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

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