QUIZ
1. What is the average age today for a woman to get married and have a baby?
_____a. 30 and 40
_____b. 18 and 21
_____c. 21 and 22
_____d. 25 and 25
2. According to Grossman’s essay, the twixters are not lazy but are simply
_____a. reaping the benefits of decades of American affluence.
_____b. escaping a military draft.
_____c. much more close to their parents than in the past.
_____d. waiting to enroll in graduate school to get a better job.
3. Twixters expect to jump laterally from job to job and place to place until
_____a. their parents cut off their money supply.
_____b. an easy job is available.
_____c. they find what they’re looking for.
_____d. society shows them that they are appreciated for the talents.
4. The transition to adulthood is more difficult
_____a. for those on the lower educational or economic ladder.
_____b. for sons whose fathers are ambitious for their offspring.
_____c. for immigrants with several children.
_____d. for girls than for boys.
5. Who sang the hit song “I’m Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman”?
_____a. Madonna
_____b. Britney Spears
_____c. Julia Roberts
_____d. Janet Jackson
Black Men and Public Space
Brent Staples
Quiz
1. Who was the author's first victim?
_____ a. a bank
_____ b. his family
_____ c. a young woman
_____ d. a street preacher
2. Where did the author encounter his first victim?
_____ a. in Chicago's Hyde Park
_____ b. in Los Angeles
_____ c in Atlanta
_____ d. in Paris, France
3. What thunk thunk noise does the author often hear?
_____ a. the sounds of weapons being cocked
_____ b. the sounds of car door locks slamming shut
_____ c. the sounds of his own heart
_____ d. the sounds of a tapping foot
4. What does the author say about young black males?
_____ a. they are over-represented among attackers of women.
_____ b. they are not fearful to another black.
_____ c. they are often willing to compromise.
_____ d. they are misunderstood.
5. What melodies does the author often whistle as he walks?
_____ a. selections from rap artists
_____ b. oldies from the Supremes
_____ c. light ballads
_____ d. melodies from Beethoven and Vivaldi
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Argumentation
War
Luigi Pirandello
Quiz
1. In what setting does this story unfold?
_____ a. the piazza of a fashionable restaurant
_____ b. the waiting room of a Rome medical center
_____ c. the banks of the river Arno, in Florence
_____ d. the second class carriage of a railway car
2. What do the people at first argue about?
_____ a. whether it is worse to have one son at the front or two
_____ b. whether it is better to have sons than daughters
_____ c. whether the war is immoral or moral
_____ d. whether Italy should side with the Austro Hungarian Empire
3. What is peculiar about the mouth of the fat traveler?
_____ a. He has a harelip.
_____ b. He wears gold braces.
_____ c. He has a badly trimmed mustache.
_____ d. He has two front teeth missing.
4. What does the fat traveler say about himself?
_____ a. that he has lost a son but does not mourn
_____ b. that he has lost three sons in the war
_____ c. that he lost his wife to a German soldier
_____ d. that he lost a daughter and a son in the trenches
5. What does the woman say to the old traveler that causes him to weep?
_____ a. “Then ... is your son really dead?”
_____ b. “I, too, weep for my fallen children.”
_____ c. “Your wife must have been a wonderfully brave woman.”
_____ d. “War is a nasty business.”
Dooley Is a Traitor
James Michie
Quiz
1. Why has Dooley been brought up before the judge?
_____ a. because he refuses to fight
_____ b. because he has committed manslaughter
_____ c. because he has deserted from the army
_____ d. because he has stolen war material
2. What does the judge specifically forbid Dooley to do in the courtroom?
_____ a. take the Fifth Amendment
_____ b. smoke
_____ c. chew tobacco
_____ d. read the Bible out loud
3. How does Dooley say he would react to a foe attacking his sister?
_____ a. He says he would pray for the foe.
_____ b. He says he would call the police.
_____ c. He says he would knock his brains out.
_____ d. He says he would scream for help.
4. Of what crime does Dooley admit to being guilty?
_____ a. stealing
_____ b. rape
_____ c. kidnapping
_____ d. murder
5. What happens to Dooley at the end of the poem?
_____ a. He is sentenced to die.
_____ b. He is given a life term.
_____ c. He is let go.
_____ d. He is made to do alternative service.
The Case Against Man
Isaac Asimov
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