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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Attentive Mind: Matriculation Fixation, Ali in Havana, and The Disposable Rocket.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What American obsession does Queenan discuss in "Matriculation Fixation"?
(a) The status of a top-tier university.
(b) Money.
(c) Health care.
(d) Going green.

2. What is Updike comparing in "The Disposable Rocket"?
(a) Ice creams.
(b) Cats and dogs.
(c) Texas barbeque and Memphis barbeque.
(d) Male bodies to female bodies.

3. Pertaining to "Spring," what is Ehrlich recovering from?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Bronchitis.
(c) Leukemia.
(d) Lyme disease.

4. Pertaining to "Mirrorings," where do Lucy Grealy's doctors find a tumor?
(a) Her cheek.
(b) Her brain.
(c) Her breast.
(d) Her knee.

5. What is the lady in "Westbury Court" doing when the firemen come inside her apartment?
(a) Watching television.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Taking a nap.
(d) Taking a shower.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Maria compare Komunyakaa to?

3. What is the main sign that McClanahan's first marriage is doomed to sadness?

4. In "Turning Point," what is the interviewee's primary purpose for performing?

5. Who does Ehrlich mention rejecting when she was younger in "Spring"?

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