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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 Mencken call his collection of writings?
(a) "Sweet Treats."
(b) "Brain Scribblings."
(c) "The Ruin of an Otherwise Perfect Day."
(d) "Prejudices."

2. Who wrote "For My Brothers and Sisters in the Failure Business?"
(a) Gayle Pemberton.
(b) Seymour Krim.
(c) Joseph Addison.
(d) G. K. Chesterton.

3. Who wrote "Leaving the Movie Theater?"
(a) Robert Louis Stevenson.
(b) Jose Luis Borges.
(c) Sara Suleri.
(d) Roland Barthes.

4. What was the profession of Seneca the Younger's father?
(a) Writer.
(b) Moneychanger.
(c) General.
(d) Gladiator.

5. What is Jose Luis Borges' attitude in "Blindness?"
(a) Despairing.
(b) Appreciative.
(c) Shocked.
(d) Outraged.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what subject is Sei Shonagon particularly frank?

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

3. How did Virginia Woolf die?

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

5. Who wrote "The Lantern-Bearers"?

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