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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 raised Charles Lamb?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) His older sister.
(c) His uncle.
(d) The state.

2. How did Montaigne's father treat Montaigne?
(a) He abandoned him, and Montaigne was raised by his grandparents mostly.
(b) He indulged and spoiled him.
(c) He forced him to work in a linen factory at age 8.
(d) He whipped him cruelly for minor offenses.

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

4. Which famous author is mentioned in the essay "Once a Tramp, Always...?"
(a) Mark Twain.
(b) Toni Morrison.
(c) Chaucer.
(d) Jonathan Swift.

5. James Thurber is said to have inspired what, in American essay prose?
(a) Pregnant pauses.
(b) Seriousness.
(c) Nonsense.
(d) Discussion of race issues.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "Under the Influence?"

2. What kind of social company does Sei Shonagon express hatred for in "Hateful Things?"

3. Seneca the Younger adheres to which school of philosophy?

4. Where did Maria Edgeworth get her nontraditional views from?

5. M.F.K. Fisher's writing revolves around what subject?

(see the answer key)

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