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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose rights is Hearne defending in "What's Wrong With Animal Rights?"?
(a) Womens.
(b) Humans.
(c) Animals.
(d) Dolphins.

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

3. What is Hearne's profession in "What's Wrong With Animal Rights?"?
(a) Bus driver.
(b) Dog catcher.
(c) Veteraniarian.
(d) Animal trainer.

4. What does Dickerson think Johnny's assailant is doing in "Who Shot Johnny?"
(a) Bringing down the entire black community.
(b) Being ignorant to people who love him.
(c) Bringing down the house.
(d) Bringing down all the kids in the neighborhood.

5. What is Halberstam discussing in his essay, "Who Are We"?
(a) The 911 attacks.
(b) The Vietnam War.
(c) World War II.
(d) He is talking about America's involvement in war.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of experience does Lopez have when he examines the stone horse in "The Stone Horse"?

2. What does Hearne say is ignored in this philosophy in "What's Wrong With Animal Rights?"?

3. What kind of art is the Quechan horse in "The Stone Horse"?

4. What does Queenan say people think about an education from a top-tier school will provide in "Matriculation Fixation"?

5. What happened to Johnny's assailant in "Who Shot Johnny?"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Hearne's reasons for the differences of human rights to those of a dog in the essay "What's Wrong With Animal Rights"?

2. What is Kincaid's attitude towards England in "On Seeing England for the First Time"?

3. What does Updike say about the male body in "The Disposable Rocket"?

4. What does Williams say about the reasons hunters give for hunting in the essay "The Killing Game"?

5. Explain why Muhammad Ali was a world icon in the essay "Ali in Havana."

6. How does Halberstam see America responding to war in the essay "Who We Are"?

7. Describe Convoy's realization about 'sixths' in "Think About It."

8. What event happened that made Americans want to return to that slumber of isolation in "Who We Are"?

9. What reasoning does Oliver Wendell Holmes give for not shouting fire in a crowded theater in the essay "Shouting Fire!"?

10. Describe what Queenan thinks about American universities in "Matriculation Fixation"."

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