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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is the subject of Chapter 2 in the book?
(a) Kenko.
(b) Seneca.
(c) Mark Twain.
(d) Michel de Montaigne.

4. Plutarch is known for his tenderness towards which group of people?
(a) Children.
(b) Elderly women.
(c) Young women.
(d) Young men.

5. Where does Montaigne retire to study and write?
(a) The family estate.
(b) A flat in Germany.
(c) A castle in Scotland.
(d) A boat on the river Seine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Montaigne's view on quoting and crediting other authors?

2. Who raised Charles Lamb?

3. Which place did Charles Lamb occupy amongst his siblings?

4. Which trait BEST describes what others thought of Michel de Montaigne in his youth?

5. What does "Pleasure Boat Studio" refer to?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Richard Steele and Joseph Addison so often presented as a literary pair, as they are in this volume?

2. What is the subject of Abraham Cowley's "Of Greatness"? What point does Abraham Cowley make?

3. As expressed in "On Some Verses of Virgil," what does Montaigne have to say about the nature of the sexes?

4. What is dealt with by Kenko in his essay "Essays in Idleness?"

5. What is the biographical background necessary to understand "Consolation to His Wife" by Plutarch?

6. What personal details are included in Seneca's "Asthma"?

7. Describe the "monstrous child" Montaigne speaks of in "Of a Monstrous Child."

8. What accounts for Maria Edgeworth's nontraditional views of male/female relationships? How are these views represented in "An Essay on the Noble Science of Self-Justification"?

9. What philosophy of death does Plutarch advise in "Consolation to His Wife?"

10. What is the tone of Joseph Addison's "Nicolini and the Lions?" What details of the story account for this tone?

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