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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," Morrison says what about slavery?
(a) It is an ancient practice that is not always tied to racism.
(b) Most modern Americans do not have any historic ties to slavery.
(c) Writing about it can be cruel to modern African Americans.
(d) Slavery's consequences have been the same throughout history.

2. Morrison's reading of fiction about Africa written by non-African writers reminded her of what part of her childhood?
(a) The first time she was called a racial epithet.
(b) When she struggled to understand a movie set in Asia.
(c) When the church collection plate was passed to raise money for Africa.
(d) Her own immigration to America from Ghana.

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

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

5. In "The Individual Artist," what does Morrison find interesting about the feud between literary critics from different schools of criticism?
(a) It has been covered in the Times Literary Supplement.
(b) There seems to be no place for the artist in the argument.
(c) Structuralists see the work as a dynamic interaction between reader and text.
(d) Black authors are being centered in the canon for the first time.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Radiance of the King is a novel by Camara Laye, an author of what origin?

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

4. Where did Morrison go to school as a child?

5. According to Morrison, identifying the race of a subject can have what unintended consequence?

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