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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wills NOT mention as a way of using the death penalty in "The Dramaturgy of Death"?
(a) Quartering.
(b) Drawing.
(c) Lynching.
(d) Burning at the stake.

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

3. What was the verdict on the dry foods taste in "No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch"?
(a) It was tasteless.
(b) It was beef flavored.
(c) It was oat flavored.
(d) It was cold.

4. What does Hearne say is ignored in this philosophy in "What's Wrong With Animal Rights?"?
(a) The ability to think.
(b) Full demensions of human existence, not just to pain.
(c) Relationships and knowledge of the relationships.
(d) Ocean life is completely forgotten about.

5. What decade did blacks find their identity through social classes in "On Being Black and Middle Class"?
(a) The 90's.
(b) The 60's.
(c) The 80's.
(d) The 70's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What common element does Wills mention having with the penalty in "The Dramaturgy of Death"?

2. Why does the last part of Lopez's journey in "The Stone Horse" have to be traveled on foot?

3. What adjectives does Updike describe for males in "The Disposable Rocket"?

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

5. What does Hodgman say is the best tasting, though still slightly bothered by its texture in "No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the significance of Till's photos circulating and none of Byrd's in "Exquisite Corpse"?

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

3. What reasoning does Oliver Wendell Holmes give for not shouting fire in a crowded theater in the essay "Shouting Fire!"?

4. Explain Hearne's reasons for the differences of human rights to those of a dog in the essay "What's Wrong With Animal Rights"?

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

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

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

8. Describe the tone of Hodgman's essay "No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch,"

9. What is utilitarianism according to Singer in "The Singer Solution to World Poverty"?

10. What does Williams say about the reasons hunters give for hunting in the essay "The Killing Game"?

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