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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. To Plutarch, what is the greatest human bond?
(a) The relationship between brother and sister.
(b) Friendship.
(c) The relationship between emperor and citizen.
(d) Marriage.

2. At which newspaper did H.L. Mencken work?
(a) The New York Post-Gazette.
(b) The New York Times.
(c) The Baltimore Sun.
(d) The Washington Post.

3. What term best describes the type of literature written by Virginia Woolf?
(a) Nonfiction.
(b) Modern fiction.
(c) Epic poetry.
(d) Fables.

4. Which is NOT one of the essays written by Ou-Yank Hsiu?
(a) "Essays in Idleness"
(b) "Old Drunkard's Pavilion"
(c) "Farewell to Yang Shih"
(d) "My Three Zithers"

5. What subject chiefly interests George Orwell?
(a) Unexplained phenomenon.
(b) Love.
(c) Politics.
(d) America.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Seneca the Younger born?

2. What occupation did Lu Hsun abandon to become a writer?

3. Plutarch is known as the first great what?

4. What did Kenko become in 1324?

5. When was Lu Hsun born?

(see the answer key)

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