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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 "Cinderella's Stepsisters," Morrison's central claim is that women should not do what?
(a) Participate in corrupt institutions.
(b) Risk the gains women have made by trying to move forward too quickly.
(c) Oppress other women.
(d) Undermine feminism by being too nurturing.

2. Based on your reading of "Arts Advocacy," which statement would Morrison agree with?
(a) Real artists are able to create regardless of their circumstances.
(b) The existence of art in a society is precarious.
(c) Art is a steadying force in society.
(d) Artists are not responsible for a dialogue with society.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "Noblesse oblige" is a philosophy that urged the nobility to do what?

2. In "Women, Race, and Memory," Morrison divides women into three groups: feminists, anti-feminists, and whom?

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

4. In "The Future of Time," what does Morrison say it seems like "the future" means to people today?

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

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