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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 does Berry think the problem with American's is in "In Distrust of Movements"?

2. Who does Queenan mention being successful in "Matriculation Fixation"?

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

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

5. Who does Talese accompany to Cuba in "Ali in Havana"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 the reasons hunters give for hunting in the essay "The Killing Game"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the perception of female bodies to male bodies in "Heaven and Nature," by Edward Hoagland.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the common reason that Wills mentions in "The Dramaturgy of Death" that people commit suicide.

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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