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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Mike, what did most students and professors call English A?

2. What was the name of the apartment complex where Mike lived when he attended UCLA?

3. What did Rosalie suggest Mike do with the students he tutored in October?

4. What happened when Mike's test results were mixed up with the results of another high school student?

5. As teenagers, where did Mike and his friends hang out?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Mike say he learned from the four men who gave him a good liberal education?

2. What did Mike learn from Jack McFarland?

3. What did Mike mean on page 102 when he said teaching "is a kind of romance."

4. What did Mike learn in the Philosophy of Man class?

5. In school, how did Mike defend himself against things he couldn't understand?

6. How did childhood reading open up Mike's world?

7. During Mike's high school years, what were his feelings about going to college?

8. How did Mike describe the Goddess of Grammar?

9. What did Mike say were primary and secondary qualities?

10. How did Mike describe Mr. Wilson?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how Mike's background affected his teaching methods. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how Mike's time at Loyola both helped and hindered him at UCLA. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the changes that occurred in methods for teaching English and grammar from the early twentieth century to the mid twentieth century. Use examples from the book.

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