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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 was Ou-Yank Hsiu born?
(a) 1007 A.D.
(b) 1345 A.D.
(c) 208 A.D.
(d) 1113 B.C.

2. What is wrong with the child in "Of A Monstrous Child?"
(a) The child is a criminal and menace to the town.
(b) The child had both male and female sexual organs.
(c) The child was born with three eyes.
(d) The child was born badly deformed.

3. Plutarch was a priest of which temple?
(a) Delphi.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Athens.
(d) Apollo.

4. Beyond the Monstrous Child, who else is discussed in "Of a Monstrous Child?"
(a) A man who claimed to see demons in his sleep.
(b) A man in his thirties with no genitalia.
(c) A woman who sleeps with men and then steals their money.
(d) A man who grows too much hair like a wolf.

5. Which place did Charles Lamb occupy amongst his siblings?
(a) He was an only child.
(b) He was the middle child.
(c) He was the eldest.
(d) He was the youngest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Montaigne have in common with Saint Augustine?

2. How did Seneca die?

3. Who wrote "An Hour or Two Sacred to Sorrow?"

4. Where does Montaigne retire to study and write?

5. What physical condition does Seneca discuss in a titular essay?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the subject of Richard Steele's "Twenty-four Hours in London"? What point does Steele make in the story?

2. For what style is Abraham Cowley known for?

3. What was Michel de Montaigne's background prior to writing?

4. How are the writings of Montaigne structured?

5. What position on slaves does Seneca take in his essay "Slaves?"

6. What does Montaigne say in "Of a Monstrous Child" about things or people humans consider "monstrous?"

7. What idea sparks Montaigne to write after his first book is a success?

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

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

10. Provide some biographical information on Plutarch? What was his contribution to world literature?

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