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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 American obsession does Queenan discuss in "Matriculation Fixation"?
(a) The status of a top-tier university.
(b) Going green.
(c) Money.
(d) Health care.

2. Why does the last part of Lopez's journey in "The Stone Horse" have to be traveled on foot?
(a) The road is blocked by boulders.
(b) Tress had fallen in the road.
(c) There is too much ice.
(d) He ran out of gas.

3. What adjective would NOT be best used to describe a utilitarian person in "The Singer Solution to World Poverty"?
(a) Giving.
(b) Happy.
(c) Selfless.
(d) Selfish.

4. What case do Conroy and Douglas discuss in "Think About It"?
(a) The 9/11 attack.
(b) The Robert-Grealy case .
(c) The Dennis Case that dealt with the first amendment.
(d) The Bay of Pigs.

5. What adjectives does Updike describe for males in "The Disposable Rocket"?
(a) Tall and thin.
(b) Fearless of being marred or tainted.
(c) Rough and tough.
(d) Strong and innatly pure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Updike say that men think about their bodies?

2. What issue is Berry criticizing in "In Distrust of Movements"?

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

4. Who does Queenan mention being successful in "Matriculation Fixation"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why did Till's mother want his coffin to remain open in the essay "Exquisite Corpse"?

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

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

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