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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Virginia Woolf born?
(a) 1882 A. D.
(b) 1475 A. D.
(c) 1772 A. D.
(d) 1616 A. D.

2. About how many essay collections and books did G. K. Chesterton write in his lifetime?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Two-hundred.
(c) Ninety.
(d) Three.

3. M.F.K. Fisher's writing revolves around what subject?
(a) Marriages.
(b) Death.
(c) Food.
(d) Sailing.

4. Who wrote "The Crack-Up"?
(a) Ou-Yank Hsiu.
(b) Edward Hoagland.
(c) E. B. White.
(d) F. Scott Fitzgerald.

5. Who wrote "How to Start to Write?"
(a) Ivan Turgenev.
(b) Walter Benjamin.
(c) Carlos Fuentes.
(d) F. Scott Fitzgerald.

6. How can the writings of H. L. Mencken BEST be described?
(a) Centered on death.
(b) Centered on race issues.
(c) Irreverent.
(d) Somber.

7. Which of Lu Hsun's family members died when he was young?
(a) Father.
(b) Mother.
(c) Brother.
(d) Sister.

8. How did Virginia Woolf die?
(a) She was run over by an automobile.
(b) Of old age.
(c) She was shot by a jealous lover.
(d) She drowned herself.

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

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

11. Who wrote "Street Haunting?"
(a) Robert Louis Stevenson.
(b) Virginia Woolf.
(c) Michel de Montaigne.
(d) Phillip Lopate.

12. Who wrote "Once a Tramp, Always..."?
(a) James Thurber.
(b) M. F. K. Fisher.
(c) Sei Shonagon.
(d) Seymour Krim.

13. George Orwell is not the real name of the author, and yet it is used in place of the author's real name for published works. What is "George Orwell" an example of?
(a) A penciled-in name.
(b) A trick name.
(c) A pen name.
(d) A fabled name.

14. What is the author's opinion of public executions in "The Execution of Tropmann?"
(a) Public executions are tools of the class system.
(b) Public executions are thrilling.
(c) Public executions are necessary for law and order.
(d) Public executions should be ended.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tanizaki talk about in "In Praise of Shadows?"

2. Which person in Virginia Woolf's life died when Woolf was very young?

3. Who wrote "Beside the Nore?"

4. What is unusual about the essay "Once a Tramp, Always...?"

5. Who wrote "The Execution of Tropmann?"

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