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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Attentive Mind: Matriculation Fixation, Ali in Havana, and The Disposable Rocket.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Queenan say people think about an education from a top-tier school will provide in "Matriculation Fixation"?
(a) The guarantee of a successful job.
(b) Encourages motivation.
(c) The chance to become famous.
(d) Better education than a junior college.

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

3. Why does Cofer's family move to New York City?
(a) They were restationed in the Army.
(b) To have a better life.
(c) So Cofer's brother could play baseball.
(d) They were running from the country's government.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was McPhee fascinated by as a child?

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

3. When McClanahan's husband leaves her, what does she do?

4. How do Gates and his community cheaply straighten their hair?

5. Pertaining to "The Telephone" where did Anwar Accawi grow up?

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