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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 Michel de Montaigne considered to be?
(a) The greatest playwright who ever lived.
(b) The greatest essayist who ever lived.
(c) The greatest biographer who ever lived.
(d) The greatest poet who ever lived.

2. Who wrote "For My Brothers and Sisters in the Failure Business?"
(a) Joseph Addison.
(b) G. K. Chesterton.
(c) Gayle Pemberton.
(d) Seymour Krim.

3. What is the disposition of the eunuch Montaigne describes in "Of a Monstrous Child?"
(a) Happy and free.
(b) Cautious, and paranoid.
(c) Miserable and suicidal.
(d) Thoughtful, and wise.

4. What kind of family background did Montaigne come from?
(a) Montaigne came from a poor background.
(b) Both his father and mother's families were well-off and prominent.
(c) His mother was rich, but his father came from a poor family.
(d) His father was rich, but his mother came from a poor family.

5. What death did M.F.K. Fisher have to endure that she writes about?
(a) The death of her nephew.
(b) The death of her second husband.
(c) The death of her daughter.
(d) The death of her son.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which famous author does Michel de Montaigne rely upon for several quotations in the final essay in the volume?

2. In "Of Books," why does Montaigne quote other writers?

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

4. M.F.K. Fisher's writing revolves around what subject?

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

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