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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 did McPhee notice about his childhood gift?
(a) That it was expensive.
(b) The color.
(c) How heavy it was.
(d) The elegant and steady way it always returned to him.

2. What magazine is mentioned having a cartoon that is equivalent to shouting fire in "Shouting Fire!"?
(a) Hustler.
(b) Rolling Stone.
(c) Spin.
(d) Cosmoplolitan.

3. Who does Queenan mention being successful in "Matriculation Fixation"?
(a) Attendees of middling universities.
(b) Finance majors.
(c) Attendees of top-tier schools.
(d) Himself.

4. What does Tan realize after becoming a renowned writer in "Mother Tongue"?
(a) That their are varied forms of the English language.
(b) That Tan has the best English grammar.
(c) That her mother is pretty on the inside.
(d) That her mother's English is no less legitimate.

5. What does Berry think the problem with American's is in "In Distrust of Movements"?
(a) Lack of knowledge on how we obtain our resources.
(b) Lack of desire to go green.
(c) American's are obese.
(d) Lack of knowledge on increasing efficiency.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the verdict on the dry foods taste in "No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch"?

2. What kind of art is the Quechan horse in "The Stone Horse"?

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

4. What ethnicity is Lily?

5. Pertaining to "Mirrorings," where do Lucy Grealy's doctors find a tumor?

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