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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 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 makes a legend out of ordinary reality.
(c) Because the romantic ideal is old-fashioned.
(d) Because it denies artists their individuality.

2. What question does Morrison say is at the center of of government?
(a) Creating peace and security.
(b) Distribution of wealth.
(c) Cultural apartheid or integration.
(d) Control over history's narrative.

3. The ending of The Radiance of the King, according to Morrison, indicates that Clarence has undergone what kind of transformation?
(a) He is now worthy of being a king.
(b) He learns to fear becoming like native Africans.
(c) He opens himself to the African gaze.
(d) He fully inhabits Western ideals of masculinity.

4. What does Morrison say is at its greatest height since the time of the slave trade?
(a) Globalism.
(b) Legislative attempts to integrate newcomers.
(c) The opening of boarders.
(d) The mass movement of people.

5. In "Moral Inhabitants," what is the list of American leaders meant to demonstrate?
(a) Slavery was a violent and degrading institution.
(b) History only shows us one side of these leaders.
(c) Great leaders are "ahead of their time."
(d) Great leaders are born, not made.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Morrison address her remarks about the dead of September 11, 2001?

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

3. Morrison claims that after WWII, the language used to discuss war became more what?

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

5. In "A Race in Mind," Morrison asks for more thoughtful work from what group?

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