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

3. 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 trick name.
(b) A penciled-in name.
(c) A pen name.
(d) A fabled name.

4. Who wrote "The Death of the Moth?"
(a) Maria Edgeworth.
(b) Max Beerbohm.
(c) Virginia Woolf.
(d) Kenko.

5. Who wrote "Beside the Nore?"
(a) E.M. Cioran.
(b) Seneca.
(c) Sei Shonagon.
(d) Hubert Butler.

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

7. Who wrote "He and I"?
(a) Plutarch.
(b) Natalia Ginzburg.
(c) Richard Steele.
(d) Samuel Johnson.

8. What event starts the essay, "On Running After One's Hat?"
(a) A birth.
(b) A hanging.
(c) A town flood.
(d) A church service.

9. Which famous author is mentioned in the essay "Once a Tramp, Always...?"
(a) Chaucer.
(b) Toni Morrison.
(c) Jonathan Swift.
(d) Mark Twain.

10. What title did Thurber give to his humorous autobiographical essay?
(a) James Thurber, I Hardly Knew You.
(b) Autobiography of a Biographist.
(c) James Thurber: Confidential.
(d) The Secret Life of James Thurber.

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

12. What do Seymour Krim and Mary McCarthy have in common?
(a) Both espoused Communist views.
(b) They were married to each other.
(c) They both have a fascination with food.
(d) Both lost their parents at a young age.

13. When was Walter Benjamin Born?
(a) 1892 A.D.
(b) 1962 A.D.
(c) 1472 A.D.
(d) 1705 A.D.

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

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