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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 Michel de Montaigne considered to be?
(a) The greatest essayist who ever lived.
(b) The greatest biographer who ever lived.
(c) The greatest poet who ever lived.
(d) The greatest playwright who ever lived.

2. What career did Montaigne have prior to writing?
(a) He was a court clerk.
(b) He was an attorney.
(c) He was a tanner.
(d) He was a teacher.

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

4. What place does Seneca describe in "Scipio's Villa?"
(a) The farm.
(b) The palace.
(c) The arena.
(d) The temple.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Montaigne's father treat Montaigne?

2. At what age did Montaigne begin writing?

3. What is Montaigne's view on quoting and crediting other authors?

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

5. In "Of Books," why does Montaigne quote other writers?

(see the answer key)

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