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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. In "The Price of Wealth, the Cost of Care," why does Morrison include a list of colonial conquests?
(a) To argue that history will always be cruel and inhumane.
(b) To illustrate the bloody history of wealth accumulation.
(c) To compare the conquerors with the average citizen today.
(d) To question her audience's understanding of history.

2. "The War on Error" is a speech given to what group?
(a) Amnesty International.
(b) Sarah Lawrence College.
(c) The Newspaper Association of America.
(d) ArtTable.

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

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

5. In her "Sarah Lawrence Commencement Address," what irony is Morrison's discussion of "Feed the Children" campaigns intended to illustrate?
(a) Generosity towards the vulnerable turning to violence as soon as the vulnerable try to advocate for themselves.
(b) Creative imagination being limited by our own wealth and power.
(c) The easy manipulation of well-educated people by supposedly uneducated people.
(d) The desire of wealthy Americans to spread a culture that other nations cannot afford.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Moral Inhabitants," what is the list of American leaders meant to demonstrate?

2. The art show Morrison discusses in "Harlem on My Mind" had a catalog with a forward written by whom?

3. In "A Race in Mind," Morrison asks for more thoughtful work from what group?

4. What question does Morrison say is at the center of of government?

5. In her "Sarah Lawrence Commencement Address," Morrison defines "dreaming" as what?

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