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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 does Talese say about Ali in "Ali in Havana"?
(a) He was a drunk, but a good boxer.
(b) He was a loud, argumentative man.
(c) He was hot headed.
(d) He was a soft spoken man and usually only spoke to those close to him.

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

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

4. What is Hodgman testing in her essay "No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch"?
(a) Different tanning lotions.
(b) Dried oats.
(c) Cat food.
(d) Dog food.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wills compare this type of barbaric act to in "The Dramaturgy of Death"?

2. What are the neighbors names that Oates mentions in "They All Just Went Away"?

3. What does Wills NOT mention as a way of using the death penalty in "The Dramaturgy of Death"?

4. What complicated process is Conroy discussing in "Think About It"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Williams say about deer in "The Killing Game"?

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

10. Explain Hearne's reasons for the differences of human rights to those of a dog in the essay "What's Wrong With Animal Rights"?

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