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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who wrote "This Tool Is Life?"
(a) Junichiro Tanizaki.
(b) Virginia Woolf.
(c) Lu Hsun.
(d) Natalia Ginzburg.
2. How does Lu Hsun's work create trouble for him?
(a) His work is criticized by the Communist government.
(b) His work revealed that he had a mistress, causing his wife to leave him.
(c) His work caused him to be ridiculed by members of his home town.
(d) His work revealed money laundering schemes that led to his arrest.
3. Who wrote "Once a Tramp, Always..."?
(a) Sei Shonagon.
(b) M. F. K. Fisher.
(c) Seymour Krim.
(d) James Thurber.
4. What death did M.F.K. Fisher have to endure that she writes about?
(a) The death of her second husband.
(b) The death of her nephew.
(c) The death of her son.
(d) The death of her daughter.
5. Henry David Thoreau is well known as being what?
(a) A Communist.
(b) A humorist.
(c) A nonconformist.
(d) A racist.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which is NOT one of the subjects written about by George Orwell?
2. Who wrote "Hashis in Marseilles"?
3. What does Tanizaki talk about in "In Praise of Shadows?"
4. When was Lu Hsun born?
5. Who wrote "My Confession?"
Short Essay Questions
1. What kind of literature did Virginia Woolf write? What was a common focus that united her work?
2. How did Virginia Woolf's personal background impact her work?
3. M.F.K. Fisher is known for writing primarily about what subject? Beyond this subject, what biographical details has she confronted in her writing?
4. What is the subject of Junichiro Tanizaki's "In Praise of Shadows?" What hope does Tanizaki express at the end of the essay?
5. What is the subject of E.B. White's "Once More to the Lake"? What is the message White relays about the state of the lake?
6. Under what circumstances are Lu Hsun's "This Tool is Life" and "Death" written? What are the subjects of these essays?
7. What views is Henry David Thoreau well known for? How did he believe one should live one's life?
8. What two works of G. K. Chesterton are included in this volume? What are the subjects of these essays?
9. What is Junichiro Tanizaki's contribution to world literature? How has Tanizaki's writing style been characterized?
10. What style is James Thurber known for? What was a common theme in Thurber's writing?
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