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

2. What does Morrison praise the National Endowment for the Arts for in "The Individual Artist"?
(a) Taking risks on individual artists.
(b) Avoiding controversy.
(c) Funding art that everyone agrees is worthwhile.
(d) Encouraging patriotism in the arts.

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

4. The ending of The Radiance of the King, according to Morrison, indicates that Clarence has undergone what kind of transformation?
(a) He fully inhabits Western ideals of masculinity.
(b) He is now worthy of being a king.
(c) He learns to fear becoming like native Africans.
(d) He opens himself to the African gaze.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In her "Sarah Lawrence Commencement Address," what irony is Morrison's discussion of "Feed the Children" campaigns intended to illustrate?

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

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

4. What is it that Morrison says distinguishes globalism from previous movements?

5. Where does Morrison say we erroneously turn for answers to contemporary social problems?

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