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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Montaigne's "On Some Verses..." essay, what opinion does he express about the sexes?
(a) Men and women are essentially the same.
(b) Men are made for war, and women are made for love.
(c) Men are far superior to women in all intellectual areas.
(d) Men do not possess emotional excess, which is the chief flaw of women.

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

3. In "Of Books," why does Montaigne quote other writers?
(a) To further expand upon points he is making.
(b) To provide fanciful stories that break up the monotony of the personal essay.
(c) To include love poetry for his most important reader, his wife.
(d) To show how inferior other authors' works are to his own.

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

5. Beyond the Monstrous Child, who else is discussed in "Of a Monstrous Child?"
(a) A man who grows too much hair like a wolf.
(b) A man in his thirties with no genitalia.
(c) A woman who sleeps with men and then steals their money.
(d) A man who claimed to see demons in his sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Montaigne retire to study and write?

2. Seneca the Younger adheres to which school of philosophy?

3. What colorful phrase does Seneca provide as another way to describe asthma?

4. What does Montaigne have in common with Saint Augustine?

5. What place does Seneca describe in "Scipio's Villa?"

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