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The Best American Essays Quiz

This Study Guide consists of approximately 32 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Best American Essays.

The Best American Essays Quiz

This Study Guide consists of approximately 32 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Best American Essays.

Take our free The Best American Essays quiz below, with 25 multiple choice questions that help you test your knowledge. Determine which chapters, themes and styles you already know and what you need to study for your upcoming essay, midterm, or final exam. Take the free quiz now!

Directions: Click on the correct answer.

Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What does Fadiman think about the possibility of a published book of emails in "Mail"? (from The Attentive Mind: Mail, A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose, Heaven and Nature)

2.

Who admired Castro, according to Talese in "Ali in Havana"? (from The Attentive Mind: Matriculation Fixation, Ali in Havana, and The Disposable Rocket)

3.

What does Williams say about deer being overpopulated in "The Killing Game"? (from The Public Sphere: On Being Black and Middle Class, The Killing Game, and The Dramaturgy of Death)

4.

Why does Dillard later ride in the airplane in "The Stunt Pilot"? (from The Attentive Mind: Turning Point, The Stunt Pilot, and Spring)

5.

What decade did blacks find their identity through social classes in "On Being Black and Middle Class"? (from The Public Sphere: On Being Black and Middle Class, The Killing Game, and The Dramaturgy of Death)

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