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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. What is ironic about the Montaigne essay title, "Of a Monstrous Child?"?
(a) Montaigne is in fact arguing that nothing is "monstrous" by nature.
(b) The "monster" is a man who only behaves like a child.
(c) The child talked about is in fact saintly and kind.
(d) Montaigne is obliquely refer to gluttony, stating that it is born "of a monstrous child."

2. From his second book on, what subject did Montaigne promise to pursue?
(a) Himself.
(b) His wife.
(c) Nature.
(d) Death.

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

4. Who wrote "Nicolini and the Lions?"
(a) Joseph Addison.
(b) Charles Lamb.
(c) Michel de Montaigne.
(d) Seneca.

5. What kind of family background did Montaigne come from?
(a) His mother was rich, but his father came from a poor family.
(b) Montaigne came from a poor background.
(c) Both his father and mother's families were well-off and prominent.
(d) His father was rich, but his mother came from a poor family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What political party did Abraham Cowley support?

2. How did Montaigne's father treat Montaigne?

3. When was Ou-Yank Hsiu born?

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

5. What is wrong with the child in "Of A Monstrous Child?"

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