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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 decade did blacks find their identity through social classes in "On Being Black and Middle Class"?

2. What is Hodgman testing in her essay "No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch"?

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

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

5. What adjective would NOT be best used to describe a utilitarian person in "The Singer Solution to World Poverty"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Convoy's realization about 'sixths' in "Think About It."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"On Seeing England for the First Time" by Jamaica Kincaid discusses her relation of her nation's identity to England. Do you think your response to that superior country would be the same as Kincaid's or different? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

How do the motivations of Ofri and Tan differ from each other in "Merced" and "Mother Tongue." How are the two alike? How are they different?

Essay Topic 3

Considering "The Telephone" and "Mail," compare and contrast the benefits of life without the invention of both the telephone and e-mail. How do you think our society would be different without technological advances like cell phones or e-mail?

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