Quiz & Worksheet - Characteristics of Memoirs

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What's the major difference between a memoir and an autobiography?

They are both basically the same thing. An autobiography spans a person's entire life, while a memoir is more focused. Only famous people write memoirs.

An autobiography is published only after an author dies, while a memoir can be published anytime. Memoirs are written in the first person, and autobiographies are written in the second person.

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Use this quiz/worksheet combo to help you test your understanding of the characteristics of memoirs. Information that you'll be assessed on includes the difference between a memoir and an autobiography as well as several truths regarding memoirs.

Quiz & Worksheet Goals

Through these assessments, you'll be tested on:

The difference between a memoir and an autobiography
Your ability to identify a memoir by Ernest Hemingway
Truths about memoirs
Definition of the French word mémoire
Facts pertaining to Augusten Burrough's memoir Running with Scissors

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This quiz and worksheet allow students to test the following skills:

Reading comprehension - ensure that you draw the most important information from the related lesson on the characteristics of memoirs
Interpreting information - verify that you can read information about Running with Scissors and interpret it correctly
Distinguishing differences - compare and contrast topics from the lesson, such as memoir and autobiography
Knowledge application - use your knowledge to answer a question about a memoir written by Ernest Hemingway

Additional Learning

To learn more about autobiographical writing, review the accompanying lesson, What Is a Memoir? - Definition & Examples. This lesson covers the following objectives:

Differentiate between a memoir and an autobiography
Name other acclaimed 20th-century memoirs
Tell the elements of Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs that qualify it as a memoir
Understand the history of memoirs

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What Is a Memoir? - Definition & Examples

What's the major difference between a memoir and an autobiography?

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1. Which of these Hemingway works is a memoir?

2. Which of the following statements about memoirs is not true?

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