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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Jose Luis Borges born?
(a) 1899 A.D.
(b) 1802 A.D.
(c) 1745 A.D.
(d) 1414 A.D.

2. What might best describe the attitude of the author in "Such, Such Were the Joys..."?
(a) Joyous and spontaneous.
(b) Depressed and suicidal.
(c) Angry and pessimistic.
(d) Thoughtful and optimistic.

3. What other artistic skill did James Thurber have, in addition to writing?
(a) He was a sculptor.
(b) He was a voice over actor.
(c) He was a cartoonist.
(d) He was a landscape painter.

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

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

6. What nationality is Walter Benjamin?
(a) Italian.
(b) Belgian.
(c) English.
(d) German.

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

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

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

10. What subject chiefly interests George Orwell?
(a) Politics.
(b) Unexplained phenomenon.
(c) Love.
(d) America.

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

12. Who wrote "The Execution of Tropmann?"
(a) Carlos Fuentes.
(b) William Hazlitt.
(c) Ivan Turgenev.
(d) Hubert Butler.

13. Who wrote "Walking"?
(a) Henry David Thoreau.
(b) Phillip Lopate.
(c) Kenko.
(d) Seymour Krim.

14. Who wrote "An Apology for Idlers?"
(a) George Orwell.
(b) Plutarch.
(c) Robert Louis Stevenson.
(d) Maria Edgeworth.

15. What illness did Virginia Woolf have to deal with at several times in her life?
(a) Scarlet Fever.
(b) Impetigo.
(c) Paranoid Schizophrenia.
(d) Depression.

Short Answer Questions

1. What title did Thurber give to his humorous autobiographical essay?

2. Who wrote "Going Out for a Walk?"

3. Who wrote "Street Haunting?"

4. Where did Walter Benjamin keep a library?

5. What is a frequent subject of Lu Hsun's work?

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