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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Fountainhead.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What colorful phrase does Seneca provide as another way to describe asthma?
(a) Rehearsing death.
(b) Hellish hiccups.
(c) Speechless sweeps.
(d) Sucking wind.

3. What accounts for the lack of structure in Montaigne's writing?
(a) The traditional manner in which academics have structured the papers is nearly nonsensical.
(b) Montaigne follows his thoughts wherever they lead him.
(c) Many of Montaigne's original writings were burned in a fire.
(d) Montaigne constantly goes on tangents in which he expresses his love for his wife.

4. Which is NOT one of the essays written by Ou-Yank Hsiu?
(a) "My Three Zithers"
(b) "Farewell to Yang Shih"
(c) "Old Drunkard's Pavilion"
(d) "Essays in Idleness"

5. What physical condition does Seneca discuss in a titular essay?
(a) Blindness.
(b) Rickets.
(c) Leprosy.
(d) Asthma.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Plutarch is known for his tenderness towards which group of people?

3. Plutarch is known as the first great what?

4. At what age did Montaigne begin writing?

5. In "Hateful Things," Sei Shonagon hates when a mosquito appears at what time?

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