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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. When was Walter Benjamin Born?
(a) 1892 A.D.
(b) 1962 A.D.
(c) 1705 A.D.
(d) 1472 A.D.

2. What was the profession of Seneca the Younger's father?
(a) Writer.
(b) General.
(c) Gladiator.
(d) Moneychanger.

3. When was Maria Edgeworth born?
(a) 1897 A.D.
(b) 895 A.D.
(c) 1512 A.D.
(d) 1768 A.D.

4. What does Tanizaki talk about in "In Praise of Shadows?"
(a) The birth of his daughter.
(b) The intensity of beauty.
(c) The horror of blindness.
(d) The dying of the old ways.

5. Seneca the Younger adheres to which school of philosophy?
(a) Phenomenology.
(b) Stoicism.
(c) Nihilism.
(d) Agrarianism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of family background did Montaigne come from?

2. To Plutarch, what is the greatest human bond?

3. Who wrote "Nicolini and the Lions?"

4. When was Seneca the Younger born?

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

(see the answer key)

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