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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, The American Scene: Page 586-770.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When was Lu Hsun born?
(a) 1775 A.D.
(b) 1881 A.D.
(c) 1312 A.D.
(d) 340 B.C.

3. Who wrote "Seeing?"
(a) Annie Dillard.
(b) Hubert Butler.
(c) Lu Hsun.
(d) Plutarch.

4. Who wrote "Split at the Root: An Essay on Jewish Identity?"
(a) Walter Benjamin.
(b) Adrienne Rich.
(c) Gore Vidal.
(d) Wole Soyinka.

5. Who wrote "Walking"?
(a) Henry David Thoreau.
(b) Phillip Lopate.
(c) Kenko.
(d) Seymour Krim.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is unusual about the essay "Once a Tramp, Always...?"

2. What was the profession of Seneca the Younger's father?

3. When was Charles Lamb born?

4. What is the author's opinion of public executions in "The Execution of Tropmann?"

5. At which university did Abraham Cowley study?

(see the answer key)

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