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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. Pertaining to "Book Marks" what parallel is McClanahan making to her own life story?
(a) The direction of the wind.
(b) Her mother's life.
(c) The underlinings in a library book, made by a previous reader.
(d) Her first daughter's life.

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

3. What two things does Fadiman compare in "Mail"?
(a) UPS to FedEx.
(b) Cats to dogs.
(c) Victorian postage to electronic email.
(d) Van Gogh to Matisse.

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

5. What was the one thing Grealy craved and completely lacked?
(a) The ability to travel.
(b) A dad.
(c) Positive attention from boys.
(d) Money to pay her debts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has the worst hair of Aldrich's family?

2. What assumption are all rights based on in "What's Wrong With Animal Rights"?

3. According to "Silk Parachute," what does McPhee specifically mention about his childhood upbringing?

4. Why does Grealy end her boycott?

5. What does Dillard compare the exhaust trail of the plane to in "The Stunt Pilot"?

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