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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. Who wrote "Hashis in Marseilles"?
(a) Maria Edgeworth.
(b) Henry David Thoreau.
(c) Michel de Montaigne.
(d) Walter Benjamin.

2. On what subject is Sei Shonagon particularly frank?
(a) Her hatred for foreigners.
(b) Her disease.
(c) Bedroom behavior.
(d) The amount of her personal wealth.

3. When did Plutarch die?
(a) 800 B.C.
(b) 120 A.D.
(c) 345 A.D.
(d) 297 B.C.

4. Who wrote "Such, Such Were the Joys..."?
(a) Richard Steele.
(b) George Orwell.
(c) Sei Shonagon.
(d) William Hazlitt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What topic chiefly interests James Baldwin?

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

3. What political party did Abraham Cowley support?

4. Who wrote "This Tool Is Life?"

5. Who wrote "Seeing?"

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