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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Rise of the English Essay-Page 212-302.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "Pleasure Boat Studio" refer to?
(a) A studio in which Ou-Yank Hsiu loves to paint seascapes.
(b) A private place in the park by the pond.
(c) A ship that houses several prostitutes.
(d) The nickname for a room in a governmental office.

2. To what character may many of Montaigne's writings may be considered similar to?
(a) Optimistic.
(b) Anti-Semitic.
(c) Platonic.
(d) Stoic.

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

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

5. Who wrote "On the Pleasure of Hating"?
(a) Sei Shonagon.
(b) Charles Lamb.
(c) Michel de Montaigne.
(d) William Hazlitt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Plutarch was a priest of which temple?

2. In Montaigne's "On Some Verses..." essay, what opinion does he express about the sexes?

3. Who wrote "An Hour or Two Sacred to Sorrow?"

4. What is the name of Montaigne's best friend?

5. What is the disposition of the eunuch Montaigne describes in "Of a Monstrous Child?"

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