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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. Why prompted Montaigne to retire from his career to pursue writing?
(a) The death of his wife.
(b) The birth of his first child.
(c) His own bankruptcy.
(d) The death of his best friend.

2. In Montaigne's "On Some Verses..." essay, what opinion does he express about the sexes?
(a) Men are far superior to women in all intellectual areas.
(b) Men are made for war, and women are made for love.
(c) Men and women are essentially the same.
(d) Men do not possess emotional excess, which is the chief flaw of women.

3. What does Montaigne have in common with Saint Augustine?
(a) They both wrote books about death.
(b) They were both deeply religious men.
(c) They both wrote books about nature.
(d) They both wrote books about themselves.

4. Which trait BEST describes what others thought of Michel de Montaigne in his youth?
(a) Miserly.
(b) Hard-working.
(c) Austere.
(d) Lazy.

5. What other artistic skill did James Thurber have, in addition to writing?
(a) He was a sculptor.
(b) He was a landscape painter.
(c) He was a voice over actor.
(d) He was a cartoonist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the subject of Chapter 2 in the book?

2. From his second book on, what subject did Montaigne promise to pursue?

3. What accounts for the lack of structure in Montaigne's writing?

4. How did Virginia Woolf die?

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

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