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The Best American Essays Quiz

This Study Guide consists of approximately 32 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Best American Essays.

The Best American Essays Quiz

This Study Guide consists of approximately 32 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Best American Essays.

Take our free The Best American Essays quiz below, with 25 multiple choice questions that help you test your knowledge. Determine which chapters, themes and styles you already know and what you need to study for your upcoming essay, midterm, or final exam. Take the free quiz now!

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What does Frazier recall about his childhood in "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"? (from The Attentive Mind: Mail, A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose, Heaven and Nature)

2.

What ethical system is Singer addressing in "The Singer Solution to World Poverty"? (from The Public Sphere: On Seeing England for the First Time, Exquisite Corpse, The Singer Solution to World Poverty)

3.

What does Fadiman think about electronic mail in "Mail"? (from The Attentive Mind: Mail, A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose, Heaven and Nature)

4.

Why would people not take Tan's mother seriously in "Mother Tongue"? (from The Personal Voice: Merced, The Inheritance of Tools, and Mother Tongue)

5.

What does Fadiman think about the possibility of a published book of emails in "Mail"? (from The Attentive Mind: Mail, A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose, Heaven and Nature)

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