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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," Morrison compares money to what?
(a) Television.
(b) Slavery.
(c) An art critic.
(d) A mistress.

2. Where does Morrison say we erroneously turn for answers to contemporary social problems?
(a) Religion.
(b) Literature.
(c) Science.
(d) The past.

3. Morrison claims that after WWII, the language used to discuss war became more what?
(a) Propagandistic and angry.
(b) Persuasive and subtle.
(c) Childish and simplistic.
(d) Elevated and heroic.

4. Where did Morrison go to school as a child?
(a) In desegregated private schools throughout America.
(b) In public schools in Florida that were suddenly segregated while she was a student.
(c) In public schools in Ohio that had never been segregated.
(d) In segregated private schools in New York.

5. In her "Sarah Lawrence Commencement Address," Morrison says that when you hate you become what?
(a) A slave.
(b) An addict.
(c) A victim.
(d) A monster.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Women, Race, and Memory," Morrison uses the phrase "internecine conflict." In context, this phrase means what?

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

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

4. The Radiance of the King is a novel by Camara Laye, an author of what origin?

5. What does Morrison praise the National Endowment for the Arts for in "The Individual Artist"?

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