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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. About how many essay collections and books did G. K. Chesterton write in his lifetime?
(a) Ninety.
(b) Three.
(c) Two-hundred.
(d) Twenty.

2. Who wrote "The Death of the Moth?"
(a) Maria Edgeworth.
(b) Virginia Woolf.
(c) Max Beerbohm.
(d) Kenko.

3. What reasoning does Plutarch offer in "Consolation to His Wife?"
(a) There is little sense in praying, as there are no gods.
(b) Memories are nearly as good as the real person.
(c) There is no sense in mourning such a bad person.
(d) There is no sense in mourning someone who was released quickly from their earthly prison.

4. When was Walter Benjamin Born?
(a) 1962 A.D.
(b) 1705 A.D.
(c) 1892 A.D.
(d) 1472 A.D.

5. Which of the following subjects is NOT discussed in Montaigne's "On Some Verses..." essay?
(a) Death.
(b) Disease.
(c) Vice.
(d) Divorce.

Short Answer Questions

1. Plutarch was a priest of which temple?

2. What does Montaigne have in common with Saint Augustine?

3. At which newspaper did H.L. Mencken work?

4. Who wrote "For My Brothers and Sisters in the Failure Business?"

5. Robert Louis Stevenson is today best known for what type of writings?

(see the answer key)

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