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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Public Sphere: On Being Black and Middle Class, The Killing Game, and The Dramaturgy of Death.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Grealy end her boycott?
(a) She is asked to be a model.
(b) She is asked on a date.
(c) A boy she has lunch with is not disgusted by her.
(d) She has another surgery.

2. From "The Blue Machinery," where does Komunyakaa work during a summer job?
(a) A mechanic shop.
(b) A shoe store.
(c) Subway.
(d) An electronics factory.

3. What is Fadiman reflecting on in "Mail"?
(a) Postage expenses.
(b) The history of communication.
(c) Her childhood.
(d) The invention of the telephone.

4. What small facet does Berry NOT mention "In Distrust of Movements"?
(a) Better landfills.
(b) Cleaner water.
(c) Recycling.
(d) Efficient manufacturing.

5. What does McPhee compare his gift to in "Silk Parachute."
(a) Nature.
(b) His mother.
(c) His father.
(d) His life up until that point.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Updike say that men think about their bodies?

2. Pertaining to "Mirrorings," where do Lucy Grealy's doctors find a tumor?

3. Pertaining to "Book Marks" what parallel is McClanahan making to her own life story?

4. What does Grealy boycott?

5. How do Gates and his community cheaply straighten their hair?

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