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

2. Who was lynched in 1999 according to Rushdy in "Exquisite Corpse"
(a) James Byrd.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Bird Jones.
(d) Chrish Byrd.

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

4. 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"?
(a) She had dog breath.
(b) A large vein in her morsels.
(c) A foul odor.
(d) Her stomach's reaction to the food.

5. What type of experience does Lopez have when he examines the stone horse in "The Stone Horse"?
(a) An excited one.
(b) Ultimate kindness.
(c) A religious one.
(d) A pyschotic response.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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"?

3. Who was brutally murdered in 1955 in "Exquisite Corpse"?

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

5. What common element does Wills mention having with the penalty in "The Dramaturgy of Death"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Oates thoughts on the difference of a house and a home in the essay, "They All Just Went Away,."

3. Why is the Quechan horse still intact, unlike the other archaeological monuments in "The Stone Horse" by Barry Lopez?

4. What does Dickerson say about Johnny's assailant in "Who Shot Johnny?"

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

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

7. Describe what Berry's issue with the American people is in "In Distrust of Movements."

8. What reasoning does Oliver Wendell Holmes give for not shouting fire in a crowded theater in the essay "Shouting Fire!"?

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

10. What does Williams say about the reasons hunters give for hunting in the essay "The Killing Game"?

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