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

2. 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 tasteless.
(d) It was tasty, but overwhelmed by its disgusting textures.

3. What does Wills NOT mention as a way of using the death penalty in "The Dramaturgy of Death"?
(a) Lynching.
(b) Drawing.
(c) Burning at the stake.
(d) Quartering.

4. 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) Hunting verses gaming.
(d) How America is suffering from Global Warming.

5. Who does Queenan mention being successful in "Matriculation Fixation"?
(a) Himself.
(b) Finance majors.
(c) Attendees of top-tier schools.
(d) Attendees of middling universities.

Short Answer Questions

1. What magazine is mentioned having a cartoon that is equivalent to shouting fire in "Shouting Fire!"?

2. Whose rights does Hearne compare to that of humans in "What's Wrong With Animal Rights?"?

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

4. Who outlined the exception to the first amendment in "Shouting Fire!"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the tone of Hodgman's essay "No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch,"

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

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

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

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

7. What event happened that made Americans want to return to that slumber of isolation in "Who We Are"?

8. Describe Hodgman's response to the different foods she tastes in "No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch,"

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

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

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