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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose rights is Hearne defending in "What's Wrong With Animal Rights?"?
(a) Womens.
(b) Dolphins.
(c) Animals.
(d) Humans.

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

3. What does Hodgman say is the best tasting, though still slightly bothered by its texture in "No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch"?
(a) Snacks.
(b) Dried oats.
(c) Dry.
(d) Wet.

4. How is Kincaid different from most other Antiguans in "On Seeing England for the First Time"?
(a) She was not tan like other Antiguans.
(b) She hated England unlike others.
(c) She loved England unlike others.
(d) She had an English accent.

5. What example does Conroy give about a person's realization or application to something in "Think About It"?
(a) He explains what a "lightbulb" moment is.
(b) The response he receieved from a jazz musician on how to play a specific chord.
(c) When he realized how to tie a double knot on his tennis shoes.
(d) When he used bleach on his clothes for the first time.

6. What was the verdict of the wet food in "No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch"?
(a) It was juicy.
(b) It tastest the worst.
(c) It was tasty, but overwhelmed by its disgusting textures.
(d) It was tasteless.

7. What complicated process is Conroy discussing in "Think About It"?
(a) The process of traveling to Europe from America .
(b) How to make homemade biscuits.
(c) The process of building a car.
(d) The process in which we learn.

8. According to Halberstam, between what events does America go to slumber in "Who We Are"?
(a) World War I and World War II.
(b) The Civil War and the Cold War.
(c) World War II and the 9/11 Attacks.
(d) World War II and the Vietnam War.

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

10. According to the essay, "Exquisite Corpse" when was lynching prevalent?
(a) 17th century.
(b) Late 19th and early 20th centuries.
(c) 21st century.
(d) Late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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

12. What issue is Berry criticizing in "In Distrust of Movements"?
(a) The way American's see environmental problems.
(b) The way we recycle.
(c) The way we eat.
(d) The way people drive.

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

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

15. Where is the Quechan stone monument in "The Stone Horse"?
(a) Africa.
(b) The California Dessert.
(c) Next to Yosimite National Park.
(d) Close to the Grand Canyon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Oates reflecting on and comparing in "They All Just Went Away"?

2. What does Hearne say is ignored in this philosophy in "What's Wrong With Animal Rights?"?

3. What is Wills considering in his essay, "The Dramaturgy of Death"?

4. What adjective would NOT be best used to describe a utilitarian person in "The Singer Solution to World Poverty"?

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

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