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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why prompted Montaigne to retire from his career to pursue writing?
(a) The death of his best friend.
(b) The death of his wife.
(c) His own bankruptcy.
(d) The birth of his first child.

2. On what subject is Sei Shonagon particularly frank?
(a) Bedroom behavior.
(b) The amount of her personal wealth.
(c) Her disease.
(d) Her hatred for foreigners.

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

4. What did Kenko become in 1324?
(a) A blacksmith.
(b) A Buddhist monk.
(c) An ambassador.
(d) The emperor of Japan.

5. What physical condition does Seneca discuss in a titular essay?
(a) Rickets.
(b) Leprosy.
(c) Asthma.
(d) Blindness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a woman's level of attachment to a man depend upon, according to Sei Shonagon?

2. When was Seneca the Younger born?

3. Ou-Yank Hsiu is considered one of eight what?

4. What career did Montaigne have prior to writing?

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

(see the answer key)

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