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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. Beyond the Monstrous Child, who else is discussed in "Of a Monstrous Child?"
(a) A woman who sleeps with men and then steals their money.
(b) A man in his thirties with no genitalia.
(c) A man who claimed to see demons in his sleep.
(d) A man who grows too much hair like a wolf.

2. What subject chiefly interests George Orwell?
(a) Love.
(b) Politics.
(c) Unexplained phenomenon.
(d) America.

3. What nickname is given to Max Beerbohm?
(a) The Incomparable Max.
(b) Maximum Writer.
(c) The Late Great Captain Max.
(d) Max Beerfest.

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

5. What is Montaigne's view on quoting and crediting other authors?
(a) Montaigne plagiarizes large portions of his essays, and does not credit the original author.
(b) Montaigne feels it is a weakness to quote others; one's work should be the product of original thought.
(c) Montaigne quotes others' works, but he frequently confuses the author or mangles the original quotation.
(d) Montaigne relies upon other authors' works, and quotes them regularly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What death did M.F.K. Fisher have to endure that she writes about?

2. What was George Orwell's real name?

3. Robert Louis Stevenson is today best known for what type of writings?

4. Which trait BEST describes what others thought of Michel de Montaigne in his youth?

5. Which famous author is mentioned in the essay "Once a Tramp, Always...?"

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