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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 "An Apology for Idlers?"
(a) George Orwell.
(b) Maria Edgeworth.
(c) Robert Louis Stevenson.
(d) Plutarch.

2. Who raised Charles Lamb?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His older sister.
(c) The state.
(d) His grandmother.

3. In addition to a personal essayist, what kind of essayist is Samuel Johnson.
(a) Progressive essayist.
(b) Moral essayist.
(c) Impersonal essayist.
(d) Anti-intellectual essayist.

4. What is a typical Virginia Woolf focus in her essays?
(a) The bounty of nature.
(b) Joy.
(c) Death.
(d) Poverty.

5. At what age did Montaigne begin writing?
(a) 59.
(b) 25.
(c) 38.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. James Thurber is said to have inspired what, in American essay prose?

2. What do Seymour Krim and Mary McCarthy have in common?

3. Who wrote "Such, Such Were the Joys..."?

4. Which place did Charles Lamb occupy amongst his siblings?

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

(see the answer key)

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