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

2. Morrison begins "Moral Inhabitants" with a list of what Colonial import and export items?
(a) Bibles and other religious tracts.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Indentured servants.
(d) Guns.

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

4. "Noblesse oblige" is a philosophy that urged the nobility to do what?
(a) Accumulate as much land as possible.
(b) Seize power from the church.
(c) Share their wealth.
(d) Prevent strangers from entering their lands.

5. What is one of the consequences that Morrison blames on minstrelsy?
(a) Class warfare.
(b) The centering of African American culture.
(c) The debasement of language.
(d) Racism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Store displays arranged to look like the interiors of houses and the interiors of houses arranged to look like store displays is an example Morrison gives of which aspect of globalism?

2. In "The Price of Wealth, the Cost of Care," what does Morrison blame for diminishing our desire to care for others in modern times?

3. In "The Price of Wealth, the Cost of Care," why does Morrison include a list of colonial conquests?

4. In "Moral Inhabitants," what is the list of American leaders meant to demonstrate?

5. In "The Habit of Art," Morrison tells the anecdote about Antigone in Haiti to illustrate what point?

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