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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, The American Scene-Page 479-585.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote "Once a Tramp, Always..."?
(a) M. F. K. Fisher.
(b) James Thurber.
(c) Sei Shonagon.
(d) Seymour Krim.

2. What is Michel de Montaigne considered to be?
(a) The greatest poet who ever lived.
(b) The greatest essayist who ever lived.
(c) The greatest biographer who ever lived.
(d) The greatest playwright who ever lived.

3. Which person in Virginia Woolf's life died when Woolf was very young?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her priest.

4. How was Montaigne's first book received?
(a) It was self-published, and only three people got to see it at the time.
(b) It was scorned, and vilified in the newspapers.
(c) It enjoyed a great deal of success.
(d) It was largely ignored by the public.

5. What is the subject of "Such, Such Were the Joys..."?
(a) An account of time spent in preparatory school.
(b) A humorous "adventure" of chasing a lost piece of chalk.
(c) A town flood.
(d) Joy taken in the littlest and simplest things.

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness did Virginia Woolf have to deal with at several times in her life?

2. In Montaigne's "On Some Verses..." essay, what opinion does he express about the sexes?

3. Who wrote "The Ring of Time?"

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

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

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