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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Part I--The Foreigner’s Home, including the essays “Harlem on My Mind: Contesting Memory--Meditation on Museums, Culture, and Integration” through “The Future of Time: Literature and Diminished Expectations”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Morrison, identifying the race of a subject can have what unintended consequence?
(a) Shaping public perception of whiteness.
(b) Perpetuating stereotypes and marginalizing minorities.
(c) Better representation of marginalized communities.
(d) Inaccurately depicting race as "real" instead of as a "construct."

2. In "Literature and Public Life," Morrison says that the public interest has been redefined as what?
(a) Private interest.
(b) Special interests.
(c) Extremism.
(d) Class warfare.

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 "Literature and Public Life," what does Morrison say shapes our understanding of community?
(a) Literature from outside the canon.
(b) Government propaganda.
(c) The media, especially television.
(d) Literature from the canon.

5. What does Morrison say is a key reason for Western projections onto Africa?
(a) The persecution of indigenous Africans.
(b) Africa's poverty.
(c) Missionaries' quest to Christianize Africa.
(d) Western ignorance about Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "Harlem on My Mind," the term "postblack" refers to whom?

2. According to Morrison, how does fascism arise?

3. In "The Future of Time," Morrison worries that we increasingly turn to the past for what?

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. In "Women, Race, and Memory," Morrison blames what group for the oppression of women?

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