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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 complicated process is Conroy discussing in "Think About It"?
(a) The process in which we learn.
(b) The process of building a car.
(c) How to make homemade biscuits.
(d) The process of traveling to Europe from America .

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

3. Who chastises Komunyakaa for keeping his reasoning for leaving a secret?
(a) Lily.
(b) Maria.
(c) Frank.
(d) No one.

4. If lack of love is the reason for suicide, what does Hoagland suggest to those who know love?
(a) To give love to anyone they meet.
(b) To remember those moments forever.
(c) To reconsider how they live their life.
(d) Cherish it .

5. Who does Komunyakaa become close with where he works?
(a) Lily.
(b) Frank.
(c) Frank and Lily.
(d) Fred and Laura.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Fadiman reflecting on in "Mail"?

3. What was the hope of incorporating the new postage system called "penny post" in "Mail"?

4. What was one of the problems Fadiman mentions about 19th century postage in "Mail"?

5. What case do Conroy and Douglas discuss in "Think About It"?

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