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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. Who wrote "On Being an American?"
(a) James Baldwin.
(b) Richard Rodriguez.
(c) H. L. Mencken.
(d) Mary McCarthy.

2. Why prompted Montaigne to retire from his career to pursue writing?
(a) The death of his wife.
(b) His own bankruptcy.
(c) The birth of his first child.
(d) The death of his best friend.

3. What death did M.F.K. Fisher have to endure that she writes about?
(a) The death of her son.
(b) The death of her second husband.
(c) The death of her daughter.
(d) The death of her nephew.

4. Who wrote "Once More to the Lake"?
(a) Charles Lamb.
(b) Sara Suleri.
(c) Maria Edgeworth.
(d) E. B. White.

5. Who wrote "My Confession?"
(a) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(b) Charles Lamb.
(c) Mary McCarthy.
(d) James Baldwin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What subject chiefly interests George Orwell?

2. What is the subject of "Such, Such Were the Joys..."?

3. What event starts the essay, "On Running After One's Hat?"

4. How can the writings of H. L. Mencken BEST be described?

5. What other artistic skill did James Thurber have, in addition to writing?

(see the answer key)

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