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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Public Sphere: In Distrust of Movements, Think About It, and Shouting Fire!.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is McPhee reflecting on at the beginning of the essay?
(a) His marriage.
(b) A memory.
(c) His mother.
(d) A gift.

2. What is Hoagland reflecting on in the essay "Heaven and Nature"?
(a) His second divorce.
(b) His wife's miscarraige.
(c) His childhood.
(d) Suicide and its pyschological inspiration.

3. What was one of the problems Fadiman mentions about 19th century postage in "Mail"?
(a) The recipient, not the sender had to pay for the postage.
(b) It took too long to send mail.
(c) No one used street addresses.
(d) It was too expensive to send anything.

4. What does Hoagland's friend say about the number of suicides committed by men in "Heaven and Nature"?
(a) That women usually don't have the means to kill themselves.
(b) That men are more passive in their emotions.
(c) That women are stronger than men.
(d) Men are goal oriented and cannot stand the feeling of failure, so it is an easy escape.

5. What does Conroy realize after meeting with Judge Hand in "Think About It"?
(a) Some issues are entirely too complicated to be exhausted over by multiple debates and arguments.
(b) That Judge Hand hates the FBI.
(c) That Judge Douglas is corrupt.
(d) That the FBI helps both Judge Douglas and Hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What example does Conroy give about a person's realization or application to something in "Think About It"?

2. Who chastises Komunyakaa for keeping his reasoning for leaving a secret?

3. What did McPhee notice about his childhood gift?

4. What issue is Frazier discussing about the modern world in the essay "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?

5. Who does Hoagland surprisingly mention dying by a specific way of death in "Heaven and Nature"?

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