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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Oates reflecting on and comparing in "They All Just Went Away"?

2. What adjectives does Updike describe for males in "The Disposable Rocket"?

3. Who wanted to permanently involve America in foreign affairs with the League of Nations in "Who Are We"?

4. What happened to Dickerson's nephew Johnny in "Who Shot Johnny?"?

5. What does Updike say that men think about their bodies?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is the Quechan horse still intact, unlike the other archaeological monuments in "The Stone Horse" by Barry Lopez?

3. What does Dickerson say about Johnny's assailant in "Who Shot Johnny?"

4. What two things is Wills comparing in "The Dramaturgy of Death"?

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

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

7. What was the significance of Till's photos circulating and none of Byrd's in "Exquisite Corpse"?

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

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

10. Describe what Berry's issue with the American people is in "In Distrust of Movements."

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Think about "Hair" by Marcia Aldrich. Do you agree or disagree that "hair, is like life--there is no need to be bound by the past because it can always be changed".

Essay Topic 2

"Exquisite Corpse," by Ashraf Rushdy discusses the photography of African Americans that had been lynched. If James Byrd's lynching had been photographed, how would the country's reaction have compared to the lynching of Emmett Till in 1955?

Essay Topic 3

Considering "The Telephone" and "Mail," compare and contrast the benefits of life without the invention of both the telephone and e-mail. How do you think our society would be different without technological advances like cell phones or e-mail?

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