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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 American obsession does Queenan discuss in "Matriculation Fixation"?
(a) Going green.
(b) Money.
(c) Health care.
(d) The status of a top-tier university.

2. Who wanted to permanently involve America in foreign affairs with the League of Nations in "Who Are We"?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Woodrow Wilson.
(c) George Bush.
(d) FDR .

3. What does Frazier recall about his childhood in "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?
(a) Making homemade biscuits.
(b) Cutting down a tree.
(c) Playing, exploring, and building all through the woods.
(d) Camping and fishing.

4. Where is the doctor from who has success on helping Grealy's disfigurement?
(a) Scotland.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Ireland.
(d) New York City.

5. Where is Kincaid a native of in the essay "On Seeing England for the First Time"?
(a) Puerto Rico.
(b) Jamaica.
(c) Antigua.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Grealy end her boycott?

2. How do Gates and his community cheaply straighten their hair?

3. What does Williams think of the hunters reasoning to hunt in "The Killing Game"?

4. What question is Danticat asking at the end of the essay, "Westbury Court"?

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

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