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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, The American Scene: Page 586-770.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. James Thurber is said to have inspired what, in American essay prose?
(a) Discussion of race issues.
(b) Nonsense.
(c) Pregnant pauses.
(d) Seriousness.

2. What physical condition does Seneca discuss in a titular essay?
(a) Leprosy.
(b) Rickets.
(c) Blindness.
(d) Asthma.

3. When was Maria Edgeworth born?
(a) 1512 A.D.
(b) 895 A.D.
(c) 1768 A.D.
(d) 1897 A.D.

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

5. Who wrote "This Tool Is Life?"
(a) Junichiro Tanizaki.
(b) Natalia Ginzburg.
(c) Lu Hsun.
(d) Virginia Woolf.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jose Luis Borges' attitude in "Blindness?"

2. Who wrote "Split at the Root: An Essay on Jewish Identity?"

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

4. What reasoning does Plutarch offer in "Consolation to His Wife?"

5. Who wrote "Do He Have Your Number, Mr. Jeffrey?"

(see the answer key)

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