The Best American Essays Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 131 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Best American Essays Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 131 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 was the result on the chicken and beef in "No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch"?
(a) They were undetectable.
(b) They were juicy.
(c) They tasted like fish.
(d) They were unflavored.

2. What does Frazier think of recreation for adults in his essay "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?
(a) It is always goal oriented.
(b) There is not enough time to recreate with friends.
(c) They should be allowed a certain amount of time to recreate per week.
(d) They are too old for tackle football.

3. What did Sanders inherit in "The Inheritance of Tools"?
(a) His dad's carpentry tools.
(b) An old rocking chair.
(c) A car.
(d) A house.

4. At what two locations does the interviewee in "Turning Point" perform?
(a) JFK International Airport and Times Square.
(b) The World Trade Center towers and Notre Dame Cathedral.
(c) The Eiffel Tower and the Arc di Triomph.
(d) Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Pantheon.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Hoagland reflecting on in the essay "Heaven and Nature"?

2. What gift did McPhee's mom give him?

3. Pertaining to "Book Marks" what parallel is McClanahan making to her own life story?

4. Why is this gift special to Sanders in "The Inheritance of Tools"?

5. What is Halberstam discussing in his essay, "Who Are We"?

(see the answer key)

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