2. What did George Orwell renounce, along with his former life?
(a) Poetry.
(b) The class system.
(c) The Catholic church.
(d) The English legal system.

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

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

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

6. Who wrote "My Confession?"
(a) Mary McCarthy.
(b) Charles Lamb.
(c) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(d) James Baldwin.

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

8. Where did Walter Benjamin keep a library?
(a) Frankfurt.
(b) Washington, D.C.
(c) Paris.
(d) Tokyo.

9. When does the execution take place in "The Execution of Tropmann?"
(a) 1952 A.D.
(b) 1547 A.D.
(c) 345 A.D.
(d) 1870 A.D.

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

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

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

13. Who wrote "Such, Such Were the Joys..."?
(a) William Hazlitt.
(b) George Orwell.
(c) Richard Steele.
(d) Sei Shonagon.

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

15. Henry David Thoreau is well known as being what?
(a) A nonconformist.
(b) A Communist.
(c) A racist.
(d) A humorist.