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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. What did George Orwell renounce, along with his former life?
(a) The Catholic church.
(b) The class system.
(c) The English legal system.
(d) Poetry.

2. What is unusual about the essay "Once a Tramp, Always...?"
(a) It is written half in Spanish and half in English.
(b) It includes food recipes.
(c) It contains lewd illustrations.
(d) It contains a coded message if deciphered.

3. Who wrote "Going Out for a Walk?"
(a) G. K. Chesterton.
(b) Ou-Yank Hsiu.
(c) Max Beerbohm.
(d) Seneca.

4. "Love Letters" by Richard Steele contains love letters written by which two figures?
(a) Lust and Affection.
(b) Stubborn and Easy-going.
(c) Love and Hate.
(d) Careless and Constant.

5. What does Tanizaki talk about in "In Praise of Shadows?"
(a) The intensity of beauty.
(b) The dying of the old ways.
(c) The horror of blindness.
(d) The birth of his daughter.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Hateful Things," Sei Shonagon hates when a mosquito appears at what time?

3. Who raised Charles Lamb?

4. What colorful phrase does Seneca provide as another way to describe asthma?

5. What is the disposition of the eunuch Montaigne describes in "Of a Monstrous Child?"

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