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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Public Sphere: In Distrust of Movements, Think About It, and Shouting Fire!.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does McClanahan se from the margins of the previous reader?
(a) Passion.
(b) Love for poetry.
(c) The desire for love.
(d) The same despair she once had.

2. What was the hope of incorporating the new postage system called "penny post" in "Mail"?
(a) To increase revenue and lower the cost .
(b) It would decrease the revenue and mail would eventually die out .
(c) Everyone has pennies, so everyone could mail something.
(d) It would be faster.

3. What case do Conroy and Douglas discuss in "Think About It"?
(a) The Dennis Case that dealt with the first amendment.
(b) The Robert-Grealy case .
(c) The Bay of Pigs.
(d) The 9/11 attack.

4. What complicated process is Conroy discussing in "Think About It"?
(a) The process of building a car.
(b) How to make homemade biscuits.
(c) The process in which we learn.
(d) The process of traveling to Europe from America .

5. What magazine is mentioned having a cartoon that is equivalent to shouting fire in "Shouting Fire!"?
(a) Rolling Stone.
(b) Cosmoplolitan.
(c) Spin.
(d) Hustler.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "Silk Parachute," what does McPhee specifically mention about his childhood upbringing?

2. What does Frazier think of recreation for adults in his essay "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?

3. What is the man mentioned being tried for during World War I in "Shouting Fire!"?

4. What feeling does Frazier seem to take about society's lack of idleness in "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?

5. What gift did McPhee's mom give him?

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