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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) Simply loving the world.
(b) A mother's love.
(c) A romantic relationship.
(d) Love from God.

2. What does Hoagland's friend say about the number of suicides committed by men in "Heaven and Nature"?
(a) That women are stronger than men.
(b) Men are goal oriented and cannot stand the feeling of failure, so it is an easy escape.
(c) That women usually don't have the means to kill themselves.
(d) That men are more passive in their emotions.

3. What is Hoagland reflecting on in the essay "Heaven and Nature"?
(a) His wife's miscarraige.
(b) His second divorce.
(c) Suicide and its pyschological inspiration.
(d) His childhood.

4. In "Westbury Court," who moves into the apartment down the hall after the lady and her children move out?
(a) It remains vacant.
(b) Another family.
(c) An old man.
(d) A group of Haitian musicians.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Accawi's village become part of the global community?

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

3. What does Komunyakaa not tell his co-workers?

4. Where is the doctor from who has success on helping Grealy's disfigurement?

5. From "The Stunt Pilot" what is the name of the stunt pilot Dillard writes about?

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