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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. Morrison's reading of fiction about Africa written by non-African writers reminded her of what part of her childhood?
(a) Her own immigration to America from Ghana.
(b) When the church collection plate was passed to raise money for Africa.
(c) The first time she was called a racial epithet.
(d) When she struggled to understand a movie set in Asia.

2. According to Morrison, how does fascism arise?
(a) With sudden revolution.
(b) As a series of small, orderly steps.
(c) When minority groups gain power over the majority.
(d) By insisting that all people be treated identically.

3. In her "Sarah Lawrence Commencement Address," Morrison defines "dreaming" as what?
(a) Deliberate imagining that creates intimacy with the Other.
(b) An impractical luxury we cannot afford in modern times.
(c) Wasted time engaged in wishful thinking.
(d) A meditative state that improves the creative capacity of the Self.

4. What does Morrison say is at its greatest height since the time of the slave trade?
(a) The mass movement of people.
(b) The opening of boarders.
(c) Globalism.
(d) Legislative attempts to integrate newcomers.

5. What does Morrison praise the National Endowment for the Arts for in "The Individual Artist"?
(a) Taking risks on individual artists.
(b) Funding art that everyone agrees is worthwhile.
(c) Avoiding controversy.
(d) Encouraging patriotism in the arts.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Arts Advocacy," Morrison recounts discovering that a highly regarded artist vetoed funding for another artist for what reason?

2. According to Morrison, globalism creates a fear of what?

3. Based on your reading of "Arts Advocacy," which statement would Morrison agree with?

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

5. In "The Individual Artist," what does Morrison find interesting about the feud between literary critics from different schools of criticism?

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