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

2. What kind of art is the Quechan horse in "The Stone Horse"?
(a) Self portrait.
(b) Intaglio.
(c) Watercolors.
(d) Impressionist.

3. What does Kincaid recall being forced to memorize in school in "On Seeing England for the First Time"?
(a) The past Prime Ministers of England.
(b) Her spelling words.
(c) British isles and major cities.
(d) The dates of change in monarchy reign in England.

4. What does Hearne say is ignored in this philosophy in "What's Wrong With Animal Rights?"?
(a) The ability to think.
(b) Full demensions of human existence, not just to pain.
(c) Relationships and knowledge of the relationships.
(d) Ocean life is completely forgotten about.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Oates reflecting on and comparing in "They All Just Went Away"?

2. What does Queenan say people think about an education from a top-tier school will provide in "Matriculation Fixation"?

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

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"?

5. What does Dickerson think Johnny's assailant is doing in "Who Shot Johnny?"

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Convoy finally accept at the end of his essay "Think About It"?

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

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

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

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