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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dickerson think Johnny's assailant is doing in "Who Shot Johnny?"
(a) Bringing down the house.
(b) Bringing down all the kids in the neighborhood.
(c) Being ignorant to people who love him.
(d) Bringing down the entire black community.

2. What does Williams say about deer being overpopulated in "The Killing Game"?
(a) They are overpopulated because of a fertilizer farmers use.
(b) They eat too much.
(c) Deer are only overpopulated because they killed the wolves that hunt them.
(d) They breed too much.

3. 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 car or expensive clothes.
(b) A trip to Europe.
(c) A new house.
(d) A new nose job.

4. What does Queenan say people think about an education from a top-tier school will provide in "Matriculation Fixation"?
(a) The guarantee of a successful job.
(b) Encourages motivation.
(c) The chance to become famous.
(d) Better education than a junior college.

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

6. What does Updike say that men think about their bodies?
(a) It is very masculine.
(b) It is very hard.
(c) It is very forgettable.
(d) It is an art form.

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

8. What case do Conroy and Douglas discuss in "Think About It"?
(a) The 9/11 attack.
(b) The Robert-Grealy case .
(c) The Dennis Case that dealt with the first amendment.
(d) The Bay of Pigs.

9. What happened to Dickerson's nephew Johnny in "Who Shot Johnny?"?
(a) He was shot and paralyzed.
(b) He was shot and killed.
(c) He jumped into a pool head first and was paralyzed.
(d) He fell from a tree.

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

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

12. Whose rights does Hearne compare to that of humans in "What's Wrong With Animal Rights?"?
(a) Dolphins.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Cats.
(d) Homosexuals.

13. What does Wills compare this type of barbaric act to in "The Dramaturgy of Death"?
(a) To a movie.
(b) To our own system of capital punishment.
(c) To the Civil War.
(d) To the 60's lynchings.

14. What does Updike say about the female in "The Disposable Rocket"?
(a) It is delicate.
(b) It is curvy.
(c) It is gentle.
(d) It is soft.

15. Why do the hunters hunt according to Williams in "The Killing Game"?
(a) To help people that hit deer with their car.
(b) To eat dinner.
(c) To stop over population of animals.
(d) For decoration in their house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the man mentioned being tried for during World War I in "Shouting Fire!"?

2. What does Wills NOT mention as a way of using the death penalty in "The Dramaturgy of Death"?

3. What was the verdict on the dry foods taste in "No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch"?

4. Who was lynched in 1999 according to Rushdy in "Exquisite Corpse"

5. Why does the last part of Lopez's journey in "The Stone Horse" have to be traveled on foot?

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