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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Rise of the English Essay- Page 113-211.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What political party did Abraham Cowley support?
(a) Royalists.
(b) Tories.
(c) Whigs.
(d) Liberals.

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

4. Ou-Yank Hsiu is considered one of eight what?
(a) Master playwrights.
(b) Foreign diplomats.
(c) Famous outlaws.
(d) Masters of classical prose.

5. What is the disposition of the eunuch Montaigne describes in "Of a Monstrous Child?"
(a) Happy and free.
(b) Cautious, and paranoid.
(c) Thoughtful, and wise.
(d) Miserable and suicidal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Plutarch traveling when he writes "Consolation to His Wife?"

2. Why prompted Montaigne to retire from his career to pursue writing?

3. How was Montaigne's first book received?

4. "Love Letters" by Richard Steele contains love letters written by which two figures?

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

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