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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," 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 born, not made.
(d) Great leaders are "ahead of their time."

2. In "The Habit of Art," Morrison praises the artist Toby Lewis for what?
(a) Creating great religious art.
(b) Disrupting the status quo with her provocative work.
(c) Placing art in public workplaces.
(d) Taking on the perspective of the "other."

3. The Radiance of the King is a novel by Camara Laye, an author of what origin?
(a) European.
(b) African.
(c) North American.
(d) Asian.

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

5. Where does Morrison say we erroneously turn for answers to contemporary social problems?
(a) The past.
(b) Literature.
(c) Science.
(d) Religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Individual Artist," what does Morrison find interesting about the feud between literary critics from different schools of criticism?

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

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

4. In "The Price of Wealth, the Cost of Care," what does Morrison blame for diminishing our desire to care for others in modern times?

5. Which of the following is a key characteristic of globalism, according to Morrison?

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