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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the last part of Lopez's journey in "The Stone Horse" have to be traveled on foot?
(a) He ran out of gas.
(b) Tress had fallen in the road.
(c) The road is blocked by boulders.
(d) There is too much ice.

2. What is Hearne's profession in "What's Wrong With Animal Rights?"?
(a) Bus driver.
(b) Dog catcher.
(c) Animal trainer.
(d) Veteraniarian.

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

4. Who outlined the exception to the first amendment in "Shouting Fire!"?
(a) John Adams.
(b) Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas.
(c) Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

5. What small facet does Berry NOT mention "In Distrust of Movements"?
(a) Better landfills.
(b) Cleaner water.
(c) Efficient manufacturing.
(d) Recycling.

6. What is the goal of utilitarianism according to Singer in "The Singer Solution to World Poverty"?
(a) To increase the amount of happiness.
(b) To make everything have a purpose.
(c) To motivate art appreciation.
(d) To make people want to work.

7. What does Hearne say is ignored in this philosophy in "What's Wrong With Animal Rights?"?
(a) Relationships and knowledge of the relationships.
(b) Ocean life is completely forgotten about.
(c) The ability to think.
(d) Full demensions of human existence, not just to pain.

8. What was Kincaid taught to think in "On Seeing England for the First Time"?
(a) That English things were better than Antiguan.
(b) That she was English.
(c) That she had a weird accent.
(d) That England was Antigua's sister country.

9. 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.

10. Why was this justification used for the death penalty in "The Dramaturgy of Death"?
(a) It justifies crimes and their punishments according to the crimes.
(b) It helped people be scared of what would happen if they misbehaved.
(c) It teaches people a lesson.
(d) It justified extreme forms of brutality, like burning at the stake.

11. What was the result on the chicken and beef in "No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch"?
(a) They were juicy.
(b) They were unflavored.
(c) They were undetectable.
(d) They tasted like fish.

12. What is Wills considering in his essay, "The Dramaturgy of Death"?
(a) Global warming.
(b) Our justice system.
(c) Drunk drivers.
(d) The justification for the death penalty.

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

14. What magazine is mentioned having a cartoon that is equivalent to shouting fire in "Shouting Fire!"?
(a) Hustler.
(b) Spin.
(c) Rolling Stone.
(d) Cosmoplolitan.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Hodgman find in her food that made her question the experiment for science's sake in "No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch"?

3. What does Dickerson think Johnny's assailant is doing in "Who Shot Johnny?"

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

5. What issue is Berry criticizing in "In Distrust of Movements"?

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