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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 mother.
(b) A gift.
(c) A memory.
(d) His marriage.

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

3. What new thing happened to Frazier and his friends as they grew up in "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?
(a) They started to like girls.
(b) They began to feel guilty when they were not being productive.
(c) They realized being lazy was what they should do for a living.
(d) They all grew apart and weren't friends anymore.

4. What is the ultimate solution to the type of death discussed in "Heaven and Nature"?
(a) A house.
(b) Love.
(c) Money.
(d) Sex.

5. What does Frazier think of recreation for adults in his essay "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?
(a) It is always goal oriented.
(b) They are too old for tackle football.
(c) There is not enough time to recreate with friends.
(d) They should be allowed a certain amount of time to recreate per week.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is William O. Douglas to Conroy in "Think About It"?

2. What type of love does Hoagland say is enough to make a man happy in "Heaven and Nature"?

3. What magazine is mentioned having a cartoon that is equivalent to shouting fire in "Shouting Fire!"?

4. What does Komunyakaa not tell his co-workers?

5. What does Fadiman think about the possibility of a published book of emails in "Mail"?

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