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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Halberstam discussing in his essay, "Who Are We"?
(a) World War II.
(b) He is talking about America's involvement in war.
(c) The 911 attacks.
(d) The Vietnam War.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjectives does Updike describe for males in "The Disposable Rocket"?

2. What does Kincaid recall being forced to memorize in school in "On Seeing England for the First Time"?

3. What is Updike comparing in "The Disposable Rocket"?

4. What small facet does Berry NOT mention "In Distrust of Movements"?

5. What kind of art is the Quechan horse in "The Stone Horse"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Updike say about the male body in "The Disposable Rocket"?

2. What does Updike say about the female body in "The Disposable Rocket"?

3. Describe what Queenan thinks about American universities in "Matriculation Fixation"."

4. How does Halberstam see America responding to war in the essay "Who We Are"?

5. What is utilitarianism according to Singer in "The Singer Solution to World Poverty"?

6. What was the significance of Till's photos circulating and none of Byrd's in "Exquisite Corpse"?

7. What two things is Wills comparing in "The Dramaturgy of Death"?

8. Describe Convoy's realization about 'sixths' in "Think About It."

9. Explain why Muhammad Ali was a world icon in the essay "Ali in Havana."

10. What does Steele say about her black identity in the essay, "On Being Black and Middle Class"?

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