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

2. In Mother Tongue, who always made sense to Tan, even if the speech was grammatically incorrect?
(a) Tan's teacher.
(b) Tan's sister.
(c) Tan's mom.
(d) Tan's dog.

3. What does Frazier recall about his childhood in "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?
(a) Camping and fishing.
(b) Cutting down a tree.
(c) Playing, exploring, and building all through the woods.
(d) Making homemade biscuits.

4. What assumption are all rights based on in "What's Wrong With Animal Rights"?
(a) The ability to be pleased.
(b) The ability to read.
(c) The ability to smell.
(d) The ability to suffer.

5. What seemed to divide most households in Cofer's neighborhood?
(a) The desire to be assimilated into a white culture.
(b) Who got the remote control for the TV.
(c) The desire to be back in their homeland.
(d) Who had to do the dishes at night.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ethnicity is Lily?

2. What does Hoagland's friend say about the number of suicides committed by men in "Heaven and Nature"?

3. Whose rights does Hearne compare to that of humans in "What's Wrong With Animal Rights?"?

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

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

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