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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position does Deidre Fitzgerald hold at the school?
(a) Art teacher.
(b) Vice-principal.
(c) Librarian.
(d) Math teacher.

2. What does Lomax say can happen when one group is given the power to censor?
(a) The group can become ineffective with time.
(b) The group can easily lose sight of its goals.
(c) The group can be faced with constant scrutiny.
(d) The group can easily turn on those who appointed it.

3. What does Mr. Dennis claim Jim and Huck's nudity in the novel suggests?
(a) A sense of freedom.
(b) Homosexuality.
(c) The author was a social deviant.
(d) Innocence and purity.

4. At the beginning of Chapter 11, some students object to staying in what sort of class?
(a) An oppressive class.
(b) A racist class.
(c) A harmful class.
(d) An offensive class.

5. What do Luke and Barney see a lack of at the review hearing?
(a) Students.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Parents.
(d) Women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nora say is actually tried when a book is on trial?

2. When he can't find the book that he wants, what does Deirdre offer Barney?

3. Which of the following is not a member of the review committee?

4. Who is Kate Stevens?

5. What did de Tocqueville fear was lost in an effort by Americans to assimilate?

(see the answer key)

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