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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. Who does Hoagland surprisingly mention dying by a specific way of death in "Heaven and Nature"?
(a) Depressed people.
(b) Poor people.
(c) Obese people.
(d) Rich people.

2. What does Berry think the problem with American's is in "In Distrust of Movements"?
(a) Lack of knowledge on increasing efficiency.
(b) Lack of desire to go green.
(c) Lack of knowledge on how we obtain our resources.
(d) American's are obese.

3. What issue is Berry criticizing in "In Distrust of Movements"?
(a) The way we eat.
(b) The way people drive.
(c) The way we recycle.
(d) The way American's see environmental problems.

4. What feeling does Frazier seem to take about society's lack of idleness in "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?
(a) He doesn't care either way.
(b) It is tragic.
(c) He is hopeful.
(d) It is maddening.

5. What does Fadiman think about the possibility of a published book of emails in "Mail"?
(a) She is horrified of the idea of a grammatically incorrect book.
(b) She is excited and will help publish the first one.
(c) She hopes they are never published.
(d) She wishes email were never invented.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Frazier NOT mention creeping its way into idleness in "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?

2. Who outlined the exception to the first amendment in "Shouting Fire!"?

3. From "The Blue Machinery," where does Komunyakaa work during a summer job?

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

5. What does McClanahan se from the margins of the previous reader?

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