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With the light switch off, but the fuse box on, if I unscrew where a
metal outdoor spotlight base meets the soffit, and grasp and pull the
base, AND if part of the base touches a wire left bare behind it,
would I be electrocuted?
As for why I'm not turning off the fuse and why there might me a bare
wire behind the base, don't ask.

Depends. If the switch was wired correctly, you should not be. But we
don't know that. We don't know what bare wire you are talking about either.
You won't get the OK from me.