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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which trait BEST describes what others thought of Michel de Montaigne in his youth?
(a) Miserly.
(b) Lazy.
(c) Hard-working.
(d) Austere.

2. In "Hateful Things," Sei Shonagon hates when a mosquito appears at what time?
(a) When one is having sex.
(b) When one is falling asleep.
(c) When one is getting ready to take a bath.
(d) When one is getting ready to eat.

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

4. What is unusual about Montaigne's first book, as opposed to any books thereafter?
(a) His first book was not of a personal nature.
(b) His first book was the only one of a personal nature.
(c) His first book was the only one published in his lifetime.
(d) His first book was the only commercially successful book.

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 woman who sleeps with men and then steals their money.
(c) A man in his thirties with no genitalia.
(d) A man who claimed to see demons in his sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Montaigne's first book received?

2. Plutarch is known as the first great what?

3. What does Montaigne admit in "Of Books?"

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

5. What does "Pleasure Boat Studio" refer to?

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