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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 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 is Richard Steele's message in his essay "Twenty-four Hours in London"?
(a) Hedonism, in the form of drinking and carousing, is the greatest good.
(b) Londoners are cruel, petty people.
(c) Everything that should be seen in London can be seen in the span of twenty-four hours.
(d) One's attitude toward the world should be one of simple enjoyment, rather than desire for material gain.

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

4. Who wrote "The Execution of Tropmann?"
(a) Hubert Butler.
(b) William Hazlitt.
(c) Carlos Fuentes.
(d) Ivan Turgenev.

5. Before attempting personal essays, what kind of writer was Seymour Krim?
(a) Newspaper reporter.
(b) Critic.
(c) Playwright.
(d) Copywriter.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Maria Edgeworth born?

2. When was Charles Lamb born?

3. How was Montaigne's first book received?

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

5. Plutarch is known as the first great what?

(see the answer key)

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