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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, The American Scene-Page 479-585.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following subjects is NOT discussed in Montaigne's "On Some Verses..." essay?
(a) Divorce.
(b) Vice.
(c) Death.
(d) Disease.

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

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

4. What illness did Virginia Woolf have to deal with at several times in her life?
(a) Depression.
(b) Impetigo.
(c) Scarlet Fever.
(d) Paranoid Schizophrenia.

5. About how many essay collections and books did G. K. Chesterton write in his lifetime?
(a) Three.
(b) Ninety.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Two-hundred.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Montaigne retire to study and write?

2. How did Montaigne's father treat Montaigne?

3. What is unusual about Montaigne's first book, as opposed to any books thereafter?

4. What term best describes the type of literature written by Virginia Woolf?

5. Who wrote "The Lantern-Bearers"?

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