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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Public Sphere: On Being Black and Middle Class, The Killing Game, and The Dramaturgy of Death.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Halberstam, between what events does America go to slumber in "Who We Are"?
(a) World War I and World War II.
(b) World War II and the 9/11 Attacks.
(c) World War II and the Vietnam War.
(d) The Civil War and the Cold War.

2. From "The Blue Machinery," where does Komunyakaa work during a summer job?
(a) An electronics factory.
(b) A mechanic shop.
(c) A shoe store.
(d) Subway.

3. Where is Kincaid a native of in the essay "On Seeing England for the First Time"?
(a) Jamaica.
(b) Antigua.
(c) Puerto Rico.
(d) England.

4. Why does Sanders begin a new carpentry project in "The Inheritance of Tools"?
(a) To be close to his dad spiritually.
(b) To show is son what he used to do in his free time.
(c) His dad told him to finish what he started.
(d) To get money for the project.

5. Why is Tan's way of developing her English language unusual in the work, "Mother Tongue"?
(a) She learned to speak different forms in different contexts.
(b) Her mother taught her.
(c) She stayed after school and worked with her teacher.
(d) She went to a Chinese school, but their English program was great.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ethnicity is Lily?

2. What was McPhee fascinated by as a child?

3. Pertaining to the "The Inheritance of Tools," who is Sanders thinking of?

4. What is the ultimate solution to the type of death discussed in "Heaven and Nature"?

5. How do Gates and his community cheaply straighten their hair?

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