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. To whom does Morrison address her remarks about the dead of September 11, 2001?
(a) To the dead themselves.
(b) To all Americans.
(c) To the terrorists responsible for the deaths.
(d) To the families of the dead.

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

3. "The War Against Error" is a fifteenth and sixteenth century effort to eliminate what kind of error?
(a) The acceptance of Africans into European society.
(b) Philosophical thinking that questioned the power of the state.
(c) Movements against genocide and ethnic cleansing.
(d) Religious beliefs that differed from community norms.

4. 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) Her own immigration to America from Ghana.
(d) When the church collection plate was passed to raise money for Africa.

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