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

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

3. What does Fadiman think about electronic mail in "Mail"?
(a) She is horrified that people are forgo grammar and using abbreviations.
(b) She dreads the invention of the next mail system .
(c) She loves how fast it is.
(d) She wishes she had a computer so she could use it .

4. From "The Stunt Pilot" what is the name of the stunt pilot Dillard writes about?
(a) Davis Rahm.
(b) Dave Rahm.
(c) Davis Ronn.
(d) Dave Rhine.

5. What does Grealy boycott?
(a) Boys.
(b) Chemotherapy.
(c) Mirrors.
(d) Going in public.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the ultimate solution to the type of death discussed in "Heaven and Nature"?

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

3. What was one of the problems Fadiman mentions about 19th century postage in "Mail"?

4. Why is Sanders thinking about this particular gift from his father in "The Inheritance of Tools"?

5. Where does Gates go when he leaves America?

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