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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote "Going Out for a Walk?"
(a) G. K. Chesterton.
(b) Ou-Yank Hsiu.
(c) Seneca.
(d) Max Beerbohm.

2. When was Lu Hsun born?
(a) 1881 A.D.
(b) 340 B.C.
(c) 1775 A.D.
(d) 1312 A.D.

3. Which person in Virginia Woolf's life died when Woolf was very young?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her priest.
(d) Her mother.

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

5. What was George Orwell's real name?
(a) Michael Montgomery.
(b) Tom Hanson.
(c) Edward Byfuglien.
(d) Eric Blair.

6. Who wrote "The Lantern-Bearers"?
(a) Robert Louis Stevenson.
(b) Virginia Woolf.
(c) G. K. Chesterton.
(d) Charles Lamb.

7. What is the subject of "Such, Such Were the Joys..."?
(a) Joy taken in the littlest and simplest things.
(b) A humorous "adventure" of chasing a lost piece of chalk.
(c) An account of time spent in preparatory school.
(d) A town flood.

8. Robert Louis Stevenson is today best known for what type of writings?
(a) Novels.
(b) Essays.
(c) Diary entries.
(d) Poems.

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

10. When was Junichiro Tanizaki born?
(a) 1052 A.D.
(b) 1886 A.D.
(c) 30 B.C.
(d) 342 A.D.

11. What tragedy did Seymour Krim endure as a child?
(a) His sister died of cancer.
(b) He lost both his parents.
(c) He was molested by a family friend.
(d) His father was an alcoholic.

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

13. Who wrote "The Ring of Time?"
(a) Wendell Berry.
(b) E. B. White.
(c) Gore Vidal.
(d) Joan Didion.

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

15. Which of the following is NOT a well-known story written by Robert Louis Stevenson?
(a) The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
(b) Treasure Island.
(c) The Tell-Tale Heart.
(d) Kidnapped.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the author's opinion of public executions in "The Execution of Tropmann?"

2. Who wrote "How to Start to Write?"

3. Which famous author is mentioned in the essay "Once a Tramp, Always...?"

4. 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?

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

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