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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 complicated process is Conroy discussing in "Think About It"?
(a) The process of building a car.
(b) The process of traveling to Europe from America .
(c) How to make homemade biscuits.
(d) The process in which we learn.

2. What was one of the problems Fadiman mentions about 19th century postage in "Mail"?
(a) It took too long to send mail.
(b) It was too expensive to send anything.
(c) The recipient, not the sender had to pay for the postage.
(d) No one used street addresses.

3. What happened to the boy Ehrlich referred to in her essay, "Spring"?
(a) He committed suicide.
(b) He died in a car accident.
(c) He died from cancer.
(d) He moved away to another town.

4. What does Dillard compare the exhaust trail of the plane to in "The Stunt Pilot"?
(a) A stroke of a painter's brush.
(b) A bird's tail.
(c) The wind.
(d) The brush of a hand.

5. What was McPhee fascinated by as a child?
(a) Fire trucks.
(b) Parachutes.
(c) Space shuttles.
(d) Airplanes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Hodgman testing in her essay "No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch"?

3. What does Queenan say people think about an education from a top-tier school will provide in "Matriculation Fixation"?

4. Who chastises Komunyakaa for keeping his reasoning for leaving a secret?

5. Where does the pilot die in "The Stunt Pilot"?

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