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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, The American Scene-Page 479-585.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Lu Hsun's work create trouble for him?
(a) His work caused him to be ridiculed by members of his home town.
(b) His work revealed that he had a mistress, causing his wife to leave him.
(c) His work is criticized by the Communist government.
(d) His work revealed money laundering schemes that led to his arrest.

2. Which person in Virginia Woolf's life died when Woolf was very young?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her priest.

3. What occupation did Lu Hsun abandon to become a writer?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Merchant.
(d) Court official.

4. Beyond essays, Samuel Johnson is famous for which text?
(a) "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere."
(b) An English dictionary.
(c) The King James version of the Bible.
(d) A translation of the writings of Julius Caesar.

5. How did Seneca die?
(a) He choked on a chicken bone.
(b) He died in old age of natural causes.
(c) He took his own life.
(d) He died from an asthma attack.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tragedy did Charles Lamb's family endure?

2. What is Cowley's message in his essay "Of Greatness"?

3. How did Charles Lamb sign many of his essays?

4. What is ironic about the Montaigne essay title, "Of a Monstrous Child?"?

5. Who is Hsun addressing in his essay "Death?"

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