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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. In "The Stunt Piolot," why does Dillard's heart flutter?
(a) She thought he was handsome.
(b) She was falling in love.
(c) They were close to the mountains.
(d) The scenery from the sky was breathtaking.

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

3. Which female wants to define herself by what she did and how she treated others from the essay "Hair"?
(a) Aldrich.
(b) Aldrich's older sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her youngest sister.

4. Who admired Castro, according to Talese in "Ali in Havana"?
(a) Liberals.
(b) Conservatives.
(c) Muhummud Ali.
(d) Mike Tyson.

5. What are the neighbors names that Oates mentions in "They All Just Went Away"?
(a) The Weidels.
(b) The Weems.
(c) The Waters.
(d) The Weaks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Kincaid a native of in the essay "On Seeing England for the First Time"?

2. Why is this gift special to Sanders in "The Inheritance of Tools"?

3. What does Komunyakaa not tell his co-workers?

4. What was the one thing Grealy craved and completely lacked?

5. What does Fadiman think about electronic mail in "Mail"?

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