View a FREE sample

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 one thing Grealy craved and completely lacked?
(a) Positive attention from boys.
(b) Money to pay her debts.
(c) The ability to travel.
(d) A dad.

2. What was the hope of incorporating the new postage system called "penny post" in "Mail"?
(a) It would decrease the revenue and mail would eventually die out .
(b) Everyone has pennies, so everyone could mail something.
(c) It would be faster.
(d) To increase revenue and lower the cost .

3. What does Ehrlich see violently shaking and jiggling beneath its surface in "Spring"?
(a) The ocean.
(b) Still and peacefulness.
(c) The mountains.
(d) Mount Rushmore.

4. If lack of love is the reason for suicide, what does Hoagland suggest to those who know love?
(a) Cherish it .
(b) To reconsider how they live their life.
(c) To remember those moments forever.
(d) To give love to anyone they meet.

5. According to Halberstam, between what events does America go to slumber in "Who We Are"?
(a) World War II and the Vietnam War.
(b) World War II and the 9/11 Attacks.
(c) The Civil War and the Cold War.
(d) World War I and World War II.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Tan's way of developing her English language unusual in the work, "Mother Tongue"?

2. What ethnicity is Lily?

3. What does Updike say about the male in "The Disposable Rocket"?

4. What does Ofri think about her diagnosis in "Merced"?

5. In "Turning Point," what is the interviewee's primary purpose for performing?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 323 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample