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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ethical system is Singer addressing in "The Singer Solution to World Poverty"?

2. What example does Conroy give about a person's realization or application to something in "Think About It"?

3. According to Halberstam, between what events does America go to slumber in "Who We Are"?

4. Where is the Quechan stone monument in "The Stone Horse"?

5. Who was lynched in 1999 according to Rushdy in "Exquisite Corpse"

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"Exquisite Corpse," by Ashraf Rushdy discusses the photography of African Americans that had been lynched. If James Byrd's lynching had been photographed, how would the country's reaction have compared to the lynching of Emmett Till in 1955?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the tangible and intangible role of human existence in the essay "Spring" by Gretel Ehrlich. What and who does Ehrlich mention as she reflects the significance of humans?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the role that 'secrets' play in the essays, "The Blue Machinery of Summer" and "Book Marks."

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