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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Fountainhead.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Montaigne's first book received?
(a) It was scorned, and vilified in the newspapers.
(b) It enjoyed a great deal of success.
(c) It was largely ignored by the public.
(d) It was self-published, and only three people got to see it at the time.

2. What is ironic about the Montaigne essay title, "Of a Monstrous Child?"?
(a) The child talked about is in fact saintly and kind.
(b) Montaigne is obliquely refer to gluttony, stating that it is born "of a monstrous child."
(c) Montaigne is in fact arguing that nothing is "monstrous" by nature.
(d) The "monster" is a man who only behaves like a child.

3. According to Kenko, facing death should be like what?
(a) Kissing a lover.
(b) Begging for mercy.
(c) Charging into battle.
(d) Enjoying company with an old friend.

4. Seneca the Younger adheres to which school of philosophy?
(a) Agrarianism.
(b) Stoicism.
(c) Phenomenology.
(d) Nihilism.

5. How did Montaigne's father treat Montaigne?
(a) He forced him to work in a linen factory at age 8.
(b) He abandoned him, and Montaigne was raised by his grandparents mostly.
(c) He whipped him cruelly for minor offenses.
(d) He indulged and spoiled him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Seneca die?

2. What did Kenko become in 1324?

3. Plutarch was a priest of which temple?

4. In "On Noise," what is necessary for a person to ignore the noise of the outside world?

5. What does Montaigne admit in "Of Books?"

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