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

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

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

4. Who was Castro despised by, according to Talese in "Ali in Havana"?
(a) Conservatives and the U.S. government.
(b) Germany.
(c) Unions.
(d) United States liberals.

5. What is prohibited in the first amendment?
(a) Yelling "Bomb" in a public place.
(b) Shouting "Fire!" in a crowded movie theatre.
(c) Shouting at a person driving badly.
(d) Talking poorly about the president.

Short Answer Questions

1. What assumption are all rights based on in "What's Wrong With Animal Rights"?

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

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

4. What is Halberstam discussing in his essay, "Who Are We"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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