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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 Wills considering in his essay, "The Dramaturgy of Death"?
(a) The justification for the death penalty.
(b) Global warming.
(c) Drunk drivers.
(d) Our justice system.

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

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

4. Why do the hunters hunt according to Williams in "The Killing Game"?
(a) To eat dinner.
(b) For decoration in their house.
(c) To help people that hit deer with their car.
(d) To stop over population of animals.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was brutally murdered in 1955 in "Exquisite Corpse"?

2. What is the goal of utilitarianism according to Singer in "The Singer Solution to World Poverty"?

3. 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"?

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

5. Where is Kincaid a native of in the essay "On Seeing England for the First Time"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Updike say about the female body in "The Disposable Rocket"?

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

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

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

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