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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, The American Scene: Page 586-770.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Plutarch die?
(a) 297 B.C.
(b) 345 A.D.
(c) 800 B.C.
(d) 120 A.D.

2. Who raised Charles Lamb?
(a) His older sister.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) The state.
(d) His uncle.

3. Who wrote "Against Joie de Vivre?"
(a) Phillip Lopate.
(b) Gayle Pemberton.
(c) Junichiro Tanizaki.
(d) Michel de Montaigne.

4. What title did Thurber give to his humorous autobiographical essay?
(a) The Secret Life of James Thurber.
(b) James Thurber, I Hardly Knew You.
(c) Autobiography of a Biographist.
(d) James Thurber: Confidential.

5. Who wrote "Such, Such Were the Joys..."?
(a) George Orwell.
(b) William Hazlitt.
(c) Sei Shonagon.
(d) Richard Steele.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Montaigne's view on quoting and crediting other authors?

2. When was Junichiro Tanizaki born?

3. How was Montaigne's first book received?

4. Beyond the Monstrous Child, who else is discussed in "Of a Monstrous Child?"

5. When does the execution take place in "The Execution of Tropmann?"

(see the answer key)

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