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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Public Sphere: Who Shot Johnny?, Who We Are, What's Wrong With Animal Rights.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Pertaining to the "The Inheritance of Tools," who is Sanders thinking of?
(a) His father.
(b) His grandfather.
(c) His first baseball coach.
(d) His mom.

2. Who does Queenan mention being successful in "Matriculation Fixation"?
(a) Attendees of top-tier schools.
(b) Finance majors.
(c) Attendees of middling universities.
(d) Himself.

3. Why does Sanders begin a new carpentry project in "The Inheritance of Tools"?
(a) To show is son what he used to do in his free time.
(b) His dad told him to finish what he started.
(c) To get money for the project.
(d) To be close to his dad spiritually.

4. What does Ofri ultimately realize from her patient in "Merced"?
(a) She should be more confident.
(b) She shouldn't be a doctor.
(c) She should listen better to her patients.
(d) She is not the master over death.

5. What is Ehrlich reflecting on in "Spring"?
(a) The beautiful country.
(b) The insignificance of human existence .
(c) Her illness.
(d) Her late husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feeling does Frazier seem to take about society's lack of idleness in "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?

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

3. How did Accawi's village become part of the global community?

4. According to "Silk Parachute," what does McPhee specifically mention about his childhood upbringing?

5. What did Hodgman find in her food that made her question the experiment for science's sake in "No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch"?

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