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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Rise of the English Essay- Page 113-211.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At which university did Abraham Cowley study?
(a) The University of Paris.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Oxford.

2. What does a woman's level of attachment to a man depend upon, according to Sei Shonagon?
(a) The way a man smells.
(b) The elegance with which a man talks to the woman.
(c) The way the man takes his leave of the woman.
(d) The quality of gifts the man gives the woman.

3. What is Richard Steele's message in his essay "Twenty-four Hours in London"?
(a) One's attitude toward the world should be one of simple enjoyment, rather than desire for material gain.
(b) Hedonism, in the form of drinking and carousing, is the greatest good.
(c) Everything that should be seen in London can be seen in the span of twenty-four hours.
(d) Londoners are cruel, petty people.

4. How did Seneca die?
(a) He took his own life.
(b) He choked on a chicken bone.
(c) He died in old age of natural causes.
(d) He died from an asthma attack.

5. According to Montaigne, what is the source of the difference between men and women?
(a) Emotion.
(b) Divine intervention.
(c) Custom and education.
(d) Genetics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Plutarch is known as the first great what?

2. When was Ou-Yank Hsiu born?

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

4. What career did Montaigne have prior to writing?

5. What art form is Seneca considered the founder of?

(see the answer key)

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