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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. What is it that Morrison says distinguishes globalism from previous movements?
(a) The way it distributes wealth.
(b) Its documentation in literature.
(c) Its speed.
(d) Changes in political alliances.

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

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

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

5. In her "Sarah Lawrence Commencement Address," Morrison says that one of her aims is to do what?
(a) Provoke.
(b) Criticize.
(c) Reassure.
(d) Remember.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Morrison address her remarks about the dead of September 11, 2001?

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

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

4. Mass migration, according to Morrison, causes what to happen?

5. In "The Price of Wealth, the Cost of Care," Morrison compares money to what?

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