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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 is Williams discussing in her essay, "The Killing Game"?
(a) Hunting verses gaming.
(b) She denounces the cruelty of modern hunting.
(c) She is an activist for animal rights.
(d) How America is suffering from Global Warming.

2. Who of Cofer's family members had problems assimilating into their new neighborhood?
(a) Her dog.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Cofer.

3. What adjective would NOT be best used to describe a utilitarian person in "The Singer Solution to World Poverty"?
(a) Giving.
(b) Happy.
(c) Selfless.
(d) Selfish.

4. How do Gates and his community cheaply straighten their hair?
(a) They combed it over and over each night.
(b) By putting grease on it and keeping a stocking or rag on their head for a few days.
(c) By using an iron.
(d) They had straightening parties and all helped each other.

5. What new thing happened to Frazier and his friends as they grew up in "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?
(a) They realized being lazy was what they should do for a living.
(b) They began to feel guilty when they were not being productive.
(c) They started to like girls.
(d) They all grew apart and weren't friends anymore.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pertaining to the "The Inheritance of Tools," who is Sanders thinking of?

2. What does Updike say that men think about their bodies?

3. In "Turning Point," what is the interviewee's primary purpose for performing?

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

5. What is the main sign that McClanahan's first marriage is doomed to sadness?

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