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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How was Montaigne's first book received?
2. What colorful phrase does Seneca provide as another way to describe asthma?
3. "Love Letters" by Richard Steele contains love letters written by which two figures?
4. When was Seneca the Younger born?
5. On what subject is Sei Shonagon particularly frank?
Short Essay Questions
1. To what extent were Charles Lamb's personal essays influenced by his family background? Describe that family background.
2. What was Michel de Montaigne's background prior to writing?
3. 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"?
4. What is the biographical background necessary to understand "Consolation to His Wife" by Plutarch?
5. What caused Michel de Montaigne to start writing?
6. For what style is Abraham Cowley known for?
7. What is the tone of Joseph Addison's "Nicolini and the Lions?" What details of the story account for this tone?
8. What is the subject of Richard Steele's "Twenty-four Hours in London"? What point does Steele make in the story?
9. Name three things that Sei Shonagon declares her dislike for in "Hateful Things."
10. What is "On Noise" about? What does Seneca advise?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Roland Barthes in "Leaving the Movie Theater" and Gayle Pemberton in "Do He Have Your Number, Mr. Jeffrey" both speak about personal experiences they have had with movies.
A) How is the movie experience different for each author? What does each author take away from their movie watching experience?
B) How might race impact the movie watching experience? Would Barthes' experience with movie watching be any different if he was confronted with actors on screen of a different race?
Essay Topic 2
"Essays in Idleness" by Kenko and "An Apology for Idlers" by Robert Louis Stevenson provide musings on idleness.
A) How does each author view idleness? Can idleness be valuable? What are the advantages and disadvantages of being idle?
B) Compare the forms of each essay. Kenko wrote a journal, while Stevenson is offering an "apology." How does form relate to content in each case?
Essay Topic 3
Ambition is the topic of both Abraham Cowley's "Of Greatness" and Seymour Krim's "For My Brothers and Sisters in the Failure Business"?
A) Contrast the tone of each essay. What might tone reveal about the author's own state of mind?
B) What message does each author have the audience? What should the reader take away from the essay?
C) What advice might Cowley have for Krim?
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