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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. What nationality is Tan in the essay "Mother Tongue"?
(a) Korean.
(b) Vietnamese.
(c) Chinese.
(d) American.

2. What is the man mentioned being tried for during World War I in "Shouting Fire!"?
(a) Passing out pamphlets that opposed the draft.
(b) Disturbing the peace.
(c) Protesting naked.
(d) Passing out green buttons.

3. What does Ofri think about her diagnosis in "Merced"?
(a) She feels on top of her profession.
(b) She is afraid she is wrong.
(c) She wants to have a second opinion.
(d) She thinks she is the smartest doctor.

4. In "Turning Point," what is the interviewee's primary purpose for performing?
(a) To raise money to create his own company.
(b) To scare people.
(c) To expand the boundaries of art.
(d) To bring recognition to this art.

5. Who of Cofer's family members had problems assimilating into their new neighborhood?
(a) Her dog.
(b) Cofer.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Oates reflecting on and comparing in "They All Just Went Away"?

2. Who does Hoagland surprisingly mention dying by a specific way of death in "Heaven and Nature"?

3. What new thing happened to Frazier and his friends as they grew up in "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?

4. What two things does Fadiman compare in "Mail"?

5. What does McClanahan se from the margins of the previous reader?

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