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

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

3. In her "Sarah Lawrence Commencement Address," Morrison says that she is willing to talk about typical graduation topics like the future, responsibility, and goodness, but not what?
(a) Humility.
(b) Success.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Ambition.

4. In "The Price of Wealth, the Cost of Care," why does Morrison include a list of colonial conquests?
(a) To compare the conquerors with the average citizen today.
(b) To argue that history will always be cruel and inhumane.
(c) To illustrate the bloody history of wealth accumulation.
(d) To question her audience's understanding of history.

5. In her "Sarah Lawrence Commencement Address," Morrison defines "dreaming" as what?
(a) A meditative state that improves the creative capacity of the Self.
(b) An impractical luxury we cannot afford in modern times.
(c) Deliberate imagining that creates intimacy with the Other.
(d) Wasted time engaged in wishful thinking.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Individual Artist," why does Morrison say that the romantic vision of the artist is a "Procrustean bed"?

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

3. The ending of The Radiance of the King, according to Morrison, indicates that Clarence has undergone what kind of transformation?

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

5. What does Morrison say is a key reason for Western projections onto Africa?

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