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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 small facet does Berry NOT mention "In Distrust of Movements"?
(a) Better landfills.
(b) Cleaner water.
(c) Efficient manufacturing.
(d) Recycling.

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) Some issues are entirely too complicated to be exhausted over by multiple debates and arguments.
(d) That the FBI helps both Judge Douglas and Hand.

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

4. What ethnicity is Lily?
(a) Vietnamese.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Korean.
(d) Japanese.

5. What does Maria compare Komunyakaa to?
(a) A wise owl.
(b) A man who leaves a woman after he gets what he wanted from her.
(c) The wind, that moves in nomadic directions.
(d) A grumpy mechanic.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what did McClanahan pay?

2. What is McPhee reflecting on at the beginning of the essay?

3. Who seems to be the previous library book reader of "Book Marks"?

4. What does Frazier think of recreation for adults in his essay "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?

5. What does Hoagland's friend say about the number of suicides committed by men in "Heaven and Nature"?

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