Selection Quick Checks (English)



1.	How did Ionesco get his start as a writer?
	A.	He wrote his class play one year.
	B.	"He wrote literary criticism and bad poetry."
	C.	He wrote poems to his girlfriend.
	D.	He was inspired by an assignment for a high school literature class.

2.	What important event occurred in Ionesco’s life when he was thirteen?
	A.	He and his family moved to Romania.
	B.	He fell in love for the first time.
	C.	He wrote his first poem.
	D.	Ionesco's teacher told him that anyone could be a writer.

3.	Why does Ionesco say he wrote his patriotic play?
	A.	He wanted to impress his teacher and his classmates with his patriotism.
	B.	He was on fire for France and madly in love with her.
	C.	He was taught that the French were the bravest people in the world who never lost a battle unless they were gravely outnumbered or betrayed.
	D.	He was impressed by the magnificent history of his country and he wanted to dramatize it.

4.	What happened at the end of the comic play that Ionesco wrote as a child?
	A.	"The children smash everything and throw their parents out the windows."
	B.	The whole cast comes out to sing a patriotic song.
	C.	The curtain falls in the middle of a character's speech.
	D.	The cast all starts clapping for the audience.

5.	Which of the following does Ionesco NOT list as possible inspiration for his characters?
	A.	people he loves
	B.	caricatures of himself
	C.	characters from his dreams
	D.	characters from other people's writing

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