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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 are the benefits of Accawi's village becoming a global community?
(a) More educational opportunities and better pay.
(b) The chance to meet famous people.
(c) More opportunities to travel.
(d) The ability to communicate to other cities.

2. In "Turning Point," what is the interviewee's primary purpose for performing?
(a) To expand the boundaries of art.
(b) To raise money to create his own company.
(c) To bring recognition to this art.
(d) To scare people.

3. What issue is Berry criticizing in "In Distrust of Movements"?
(a) The way we eat.
(b) The way people drive.
(c) The way we recycle.
(d) The way American's see environmental problems.

4. Where does the pilot die in "The Stunt Pilot"?
(a) Flying Dillard to see the mountains.
(b) Antarctica.
(c) A show for the King of Jordan.
(d) In the mountains of Patagonia.

5. What does Wills NOT mention as a way of using the death penalty in "The Dramaturgy of Death"?
(a) Drawing.
(b) Burning at the stake.
(c) Quartering.
(d) Lynching.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Fadiman reflecting on in "Mail"?

2. What happened to the boy Ehrlich referred to in her essay, "Spring"?

3. In Mother Tongue, who always made sense to Tan, even if the speech was grammatically incorrect?

4. Pertaining to "Merced," what is Ofri's patients name?

5. What does Ofri ultimately realize from her patient in "Merced"?

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