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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, The American Scene-Page 479-585.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the implicit message of "An Essay on the Noble Science of Self-Justification?"
(a) Even the greatest vices can be rationalized by the diseased mind.
(b) A woman should be allowed to express her opinion.
(c) Women, like children, should be seen and not heard.
(d) Humans live in a constant state of denial.

2. Which is NOT one of the essays written by Ou-Yank Hsiu?
(a) "Essays in Idleness"
(b) "Farewell to Yang Shih"
(c) "Old Drunkard's Pavilion"
(d) "My Three Zithers"

3. Who wrote "The Ring of Time?"
(a) Gore Vidal.
(b) E. B. White.
(c) Joan Didion.
(d) Wendell Berry.

4. When was Jose Luis Borges born?
(a) 1414 A.D.
(b) 1745 A.D.
(c) 1802 A.D.
(d) 1899 A.D.

5. When does the execution take place in "The Execution of Tropmann?"
(a) 1952 A.D.
(b) 1547 A.D.
(c) 345 A.D.
(d) 1870 A.D.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a typical Virginia Woolf focus in her essays?

2. At what age did Montaigne begin writing?

3. "Love Letters" by Richard Steele contains love letters written by which two figures?

4. Who wrote "On the Pleasure of Hating"?

5. Why prompted Montaigne to retire from his career to pursue writing?

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