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. According to Morrison, how does fascism arise?
(a) As a series of small, orderly steps.
(b) When minority groups gain power over the majority.
(c) By insisting that all people be treated identically.
(d) With sudden revolution.

2. 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?
(a) Corporate control of formerly public spaces.
(b) The boundless creation of wealth.
(c) The erasure of the line between public and private.
(d) Its division of people into "center" and "margin."

3. Based on your reading of "Arts Advocacy," which statement would Morrison agree with?
(a) The existence of art in a society is precarious.
(b) Artists are not responsible for a dialogue with society.
(c) Art is a steadying force in society.
(d) Real artists are able to create regardless of their circumstances.

4. Morrison compares the Africa of the Western imagination to what legendary monster?
(a) Grendel.
(b) Leviathan.
(c) The Sphinx.
(d) Medusa.

5. In "The Habit of Art," Morrison tells the anecdote about Antigone in Haiti to illustrate what point?
(a) Art has real-world power.
(b) Acting in a play is therapeutic.
(c) Dictators try to crush artistic expression.
(d) Ancient Greek works are still relevant today.