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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. What is ironic about the Montaigne essay title, "Of a Monstrous Child?"?
(a) The "monster" is a man who only behaves like a child.
(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 child talked about is in fact saintly and kind.

2. What is the name of Montaigne's best friend?
(a) Adelaide Durand.
(b) Thomas Lacroissier.
(c) Dominique de Villepin.
(d) Etienne de La Boetie.

3. What does the author think of the lake he revisits in "Once More to the Lake?"
(a) The lake is just the same as the author remembered it.
(b) The lake has suffered from the effects of technology and modernization.
(c) The lake has improved because of technology.
(d) No actual lake is mentioned in the essay.

4. What did George Orwell renounce, along with his former life?
(a) The English legal system.
(b) The Catholic church.
(c) The class system.
(d) Poetry.

5. Who wrote "An Apology for Idlers?"
(a) Robert Louis Stevenson.
(b) Maria Edgeworth.
(c) Plutarch.
(d) George Orwell.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "My Confession?"

2. Who wrote "The Crack-Up"?

3. What title did Thurber give to his humorous autobiographical essay?

4. At which newspaper did H.L. Mencken work?

5. James Thurber is said to have inspired what, in American essay prose?

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