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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Attentive Mind: Mail, A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose, Heaven and Nature.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of love does Hoagland say is enough to make a man happy in "Heaven and Nature"?
(a) Love from God.
(b) A mother's love.
(c) A romantic relationship.
(d) Simply loving the world.

2. What does Grealy feel she was being praised for during her battle with chemotherapy?.
(a) Being brave.
(b) Her positive attutude.
(c) Surviving the treatment.
(d) Hiding the pain.

3. What does Frazier NOT mention creeping its way into idleness in "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?
(a) Discussing children.
(b) Complaining about wives or girlfriends.
(c) Comparing salaries.
(d) Complaing about business.

4. Who has the worst hair of Aldrich's family?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Aldrich's youngest sister.
(c) Her older sister.
(d) Aldrich.

5. Who chastises Komunyakaa for keeping his reasoning for leaving a secret?
(a) Maria.
(b) No one.
(c) Frank.
(d) Lily.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aldrich think is achieved when manifesting the perfect hairstyle?

2. What is Fadiman reflecting on in "Mail"?

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

4. Pertaining to "Mother Tongue," what is Tan's profession?

5. Pertaining to "Silent Dancing" from what place does Cofer and her family immigrate?

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