Campus Civility Quiz

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Question 1

Of the following, which is the best summation of the main article?

Common courtesy should be encouraged, but cannot be enforced.
Civility threatens to erode First Amendment rights.
Colleges and universities should make civility a course requirement.
Colleges and universities can’t teach what students never learned at home.

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the main article or the related links as a cause of widespread rudeness?

“the radical informality” of social media
inflammatory speech on cable news programs
anonymous postings on the Internet
increased exposure to swear words on cable TV

Question 3

Some people object to campus civility programs because they feel those programs

are ineffective.
violate the principle of free speech.
don’t go far enough.
interfere with the basic purpose of higher education.

Question 4

The Associated Press article describes two incidents involving white students dumping cotton balls outside university black cultural centers. Of the following, which is the most likely reason why these acts were considered offensive?

The demonstrations were anti-polyester.
The white students were saying that the black students were too soft, like cotton balls.
The white students were evoking the slave era and connecting it to the black students.
The cotton balls were unsightly and a mess to clean up.

Question 5

Read the review of Prof. Pier Forni’s book to answer this question: According to Prof. Leon James, what is the annual monetary cost of aggressive, rude driving?

$112 million
$905 million
$110 billion
$160 billion

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