The Best American Essays Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 131 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Best American Essays Quiz | Eight Week Quiz F

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

2. Which of the following does Aldrich not mention about her mother's concerns for her hair?
(a) Dying .
(b) Cutting.
(c) Curling.
(d) Washing and drying.

3. What happened to Johnny's assailant in "Who Shot Johnny?"?
(a) He was shot and killed.
(b) He got three girls pregnant.
(c) He was never caught.
(d) He is in jail.

4. Where is the Quechan stone monument in "The Stone Horse"?
(a) Africa.
(b) The California Dessert.
(c) Next to Yosimite National Park.
(d) Close to the Grand Canyon.

5. For what did McClanahan pay?
(a) Her own abortion.
(b) A new car for her husband.
(c) The abortion for the woman her husband impregnated.
(d) Their first house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dickerson think Johnny's assailant is doing in "Who Shot Johnny?"

2. What is Hoagland reflecting on in the essay "Heaven and Nature"?

3. What was the result on the chicken and beef in "No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch"?

4. What was the hope of incorporating the new postage system called "penny post" in "Mail"?

5. According to Halberstam, between what events does America go to slumber in "Who We Are"?

(see the answer key)

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