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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. What is a frequent subject of Lu Hsun's work?
(a) Poverty and the struggle that results from it.
(b) Ships and sailing.
(c) The class system.
(d) The beauty of the natural world.

2. Why did William Hazlitt decide to abandon painting for poetry?
(a) His wife died, and he suffered a mental breakdown.
(b) He met a snobbish painter who disillusioned him.
(c) His father forbade him to practice painting.
(d) He met two famous poets.

3. What city is talked about in "Goodbye to All That?"
(a) Buenos Aires.
(b) Paris.
(c) New York.
(d) London.

4. From his second book on, what subject did Montaigne promise to pursue?
(a) His wife.
(b) Nature.
(c) Himself.
(d) Death.

5. Which of the following labels BEST describe the writings of Montaigne?
(a) Anti-individualist.
(b) Deconstructivist.
(c) Proto-feminist.
(d) Ultra-conservative.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the disposition of the eunuch Montaigne describes in "Of a Monstrous Child?"

2. What event is described in "Late Victorians?"

3. Who wrote "Notes of a Native Son?"

4. Who wrote "An Apology for Idlers?"

5. To what character may many of Montaigne's writings may be considered similar to?

(see the answer key)

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