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

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

3. What was the result on the chicken and beef in "No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch"?

4. What does Wills NOT mention as a way of using the death penalty in "The Dramaturgy of Death"?

5. What two categories does Steele place himself under in "On Being Black and Middle Class"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the essay, "They All Just Went Away" how is an abandoned house like a decaying corpse?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Muhammad Ali and Fidel Castro's importance as two world wide icons. According to "Ali in Havana" why was it destined for the two to meet?

Essay Topic 3

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

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