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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Public Sphere: In Distrust of Movements, Think About It, and Shouting Fire!.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one of the problems Fadiman mentions about 19th century postage in "Mail"?
(a) It was too expensive to send anything.
(b) The recipient, not the sender had to pay for the postage.
(c) It took too long to send mail.
(d) No one used street addresses.

2. What issue is Berry criticizing in "In Distrust of Movements"?
(a) The way American's see environmental problems.
(b) The way we eat.
(c) The way people drive.
(d) The way we recycle.

3. When McClanahan's husband leaves her, what does she do?
(a) Runs after his car and trips.
(b) Burns all of their pictures.
(c) Moves to Europe.
(d) Attempts suicide.

4. What was McPhee fascinated by as a child?
(a) Space shuttles.
(b) Airplanes.
(c) Parachutes.
(d) Fire trucks.

5. What does Hoagland's friend say about the number of suicides committed by men in "Heaven and Nature"?
(a) That men are more passive in their emotions.
(b) That women usually don't have the means to kill themselves.
(c) That women are stronger than men.
(d) Men are goal oriented and cannot stand the feeling of failure, so it is an easy escape.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does McClanahan se from the margins of the previous reader?

2. What does Maria compare Komunyakaa to?

3. What magazine is mentioned having a cartoon that is equivalent to shouting fire in "Shouting Fire!"?

4. What feeling does Frazier seem to take about society's lack of idleness in "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?

5. What issue is Frazier discussing about the modern world in the essay "A Lovely Sort of Lower Purpose"?

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