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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. To what character may many of Montaigne's writings may be considered similar to?
(a) Platonic.
(b) Stoic.
(c) Anti-Semitic.
(d) Optimistic.

2. When was Seneca the Younger born?
(a) 525 A.D.
(b) 1420 A.D.
(c) 300 B.C.
(d) 3 A.D.

3. When was Charles Lamb born?
(a) 847 A.D.
(b) 1775 A. D.
(c) 1175 A. D.
(d) 1903 A. D.

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

5. Who wrote "An Hour or Two Sacred to Sorrow?"
(a) Richard Steele.
(b) Joseph Addison.
(c) Maria Edgeworth.
(d) Abraham Cowley.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Ou-Yank Hsiu born?

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

3. How was Montaigne's first book received?

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

5. What accounts for the lack of structure in Montaigne's writing?

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