This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Attentive Mind: No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch, The Stone Horse, and They All Just Went Away.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What type of experience does Lopez have when he examines the stone horse in "The Stone Horse"?
(a) A religious one.
(b) A pyschotic response.
(c) An excited one.
(d) Ultimate kindness.

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 was too expensive to send anything.
(c) It took too long to send mail.
(d) No one used street addresses.

4. What did McPhee notice about his childhood gift?
(a) The color.
(b) How heavy it was.
(c) That it was expensive.
(d) The elegant and steady way it always returned to him.

5. What was the verdict of the wet food in "No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch"?
(a) It was tasty, but overwhelmed by its disgusting textures.
(b) It tastest the worst.
(c) It was juicy.
(d) It was tasteless.