From idea to essay a rhetoric, Reader, and Handbook Eleventh Edition Jo Ray McCuen



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QUIZ

1. Which of the following male characteristics should women emulate?

_____a. running a marathon

_____b. having an aura of power and control

_____c. being revered

_____d. not caring about respect


2. What did the prestigious professor do to anger the author?

_____a. He tried to fire her.

_____b. He talked incessantly about himself.

_____c. He made a sexual pass at her.

_____d. He ridiculed her knowledge of baseball.
What characteristic does the author attribute to some film stars?

_____a. a tough guy image

_____b. a sense of fairness

_____c. the image of being sexy

_____d. deep attachment to their roots
4. According to the author, women should stop

_____a. having so many babies.

_____b. wearing mini skirts.

_____c. manipulating men.

_____d. taking responsibility for making conversations go well.
5. Women need to learn from men

_____a. how to defend themselves in the work place.

_____b. how to be more patriotic.

_____c. how to deal with anger.

_____d. how to handle a gun.

Suing for Fun and Profit
Andy Rooney

QUIZ

1. What does Rooney say he's been thinking about doing?

_____a. Hiking the Appalachian Trail

_____b. Running for political office

_____c. Becoming a baseball umpire

_____d. Quitting work and making a living from suing


2. In Los Angeles a jury awarded a woman with lung cancer

_____a. $10 million.

_____b. $28 billion.

_____c. free hospital care for the rest of her life.

_____d. $1,500 per month for ten years.
3. Which companies have gone out of business because of law suits?

_____a. Manufacturers of motorcycles and speed boats

_____b. Manufacturers of snow skis and water skis

_____c. Manufacturers of diving boards and ladders

_____d. Manufacturers of electric blankets and bathroom nightlights
4. Whom did Caesar Barber sue?

_____a. McDonald’s, Burger King, KFC, and Wendy’s

_____b. Phillip Morris tobacco company

_____c. His own mother for cooking such high cholesterol foods

_____d. The local police department, a gun store, and a local armory
5. Whom would Rooney sue if he ever quits his present job?

_____a. The Writers Guild

_____b. FOX News

_____c. Dan Rather

_____d. CBS

The Word as Person: Eponyms
Don Farrant

Quiz



1. Melba toast was named after a

_____ a. a Scottish engineer.

_____ b. an Australian soprano.

_____ c. an Italian chemist.

_____ d. a 19th century American lacrosse player.
2. The Seventh Earl of Cardigan also led

_____ a. the Charge of the Light Brigade.

_____ b. the effort to cure measles.

_____ c. the University of Aberdeen.

_____ d. the search for the Northwest passage.
3. The word “boycott” was derived from

_____ a. the name of a St. Louis band leader.

_____ b. the name of a ship sunk in Crimea.

_____ c. the name of a lost tribe of Israel.

_____ d. the name of an unpopular land agent in Ireland.
4. "Mesmerism," after a German physician, is another term for

_____ a. biological symbiosis.

_____ b. a coronary condition.

_____ c. a theory about the dark side of the moon.

_____ d. hypnosis.
5. What is a Plimsoll mark?

_____ a. a loading mark on the side of a ship

_____ b. an Australian rugby out of bounds line

_____ c. the mark a cricket bowler steps on before his delivery

_____ d. a Heraldic term

CHAPTER ELEVEN
Definition

Arrangement in Black and White

Dorothy Parker


Quiz

1. Who is Walter Williams?



_____ a. a French Impressionist painter

_____ b. a major in the Confederate army

_____ c. a black singer

_____ d. a director who makes arrangements for black and white films
2. What is the setting of the story?

_____ a. a funeral

_____ b. a wedding

_____ c. a church service

_____ d. a cocktail party
3. Whom does Burton visit in the kitchen every time he goes home?

_____ a. his ailing mother

_____ b. his black nurse

_____ c. the family cook

_____ d. the manor gardener
4. Why can’t the main character invite Walter Williams to her home?

_____ a. Her husband, Burton, would not allow it.

_____ b. Her home is not beautiful enough.

_____ c. The liberals in town would shun her.

_____ d. She and Williams have had a quarrel.

5. Whom does the main character call “a wonderful actress”?



_____ a. Shirley Temple

_____ b. Greta Garbo

_____ c. Katherine Burke

_____ d. Elizabeth Taylor

Incident
Countee Cullen



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