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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of social company does Sei Shonagon express hatred for in "Hateful Things?"
(a) Company that eats all of one's food.
(b) Company that does not talk.
(c) Company that asks prying questions.
(d) Company that will not leave.

2. Where does Montaigne retire to study and write?
(a) A flat in Germany.
(b) A castle in Scotland.
(c) A boat on the river Seine.
(d) The family estate.

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

4. Plutarch is known for his tenderness towards which group of people?
(a) Elderly women.
(b) Children.
(c) Young women.
(d) Young men.

5. According to Montaigne, what is the source of the difference between men and women?
(a) Emotion.
(b) Custom and education.
(c) Genetics.
(d) Divine intervention.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Montaigne's general view of humanity?

2. Plutarch is known as the first great what?

3. When did Plutarch die?

4. Where is Plutarch traveling when he writes "Consolation to His Wife?"

5. When was Ou-Yank Hsiu born?

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