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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Public Sphere: On Being Black and Middle Class, The Killing Game, and The Dramaturgy of Death.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Singer say about the money would be spent on, that is not given to helping the poor in "The Singer Solution to World Poverty"?
(a) A new house.
(b) A new nose job.
(c) A new car or expensive clothes.
(d) A trip to Europe.

2. What decade did blacks find their identity through social classes in "On Being Black and Middle Class"?
(a) The 60's.
(b) The 90's.
(c) The 70's.
(d) The 80's.

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

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

5. What is Oates reflecting on and comparing in "They All Just Went Away"?
(a) Beef verses chicken.
(b) A cat and dog.
(c) Her three children.
(d) A house and a home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feeling does Frazier seem to take about society's lack of idleness in "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?

2. What does Aldrich think is achieved when manifesting the perfect hairstyle?

3. What is the lady in "Westbury Court" doing when the firemen come inside her apartment?

4. Who does Adlrich recall being obsessed with their hair?

5. Which of the following does Aldrich not mention about her mother's concerns for her hair?

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