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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. 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 woman who sleeps with men and then steals their money.
(c) A man who grows too much hair like a wolf.
(d) A man in his thirties with no genitalia.

2. Who wrote "How to Start to Write?"
(a) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(b) Carlos Fuentes.
(c) Walter Benjamin.
(d) Ivan Turgenev.

3. What attitude does Seneca have toward slaves in "Slaves?"
(a) He believes slaves are mostly superior to their masters.
(b) He believes slaves are dirty, and should not be let into the house.
(c) He believes slaves are clearly inferior to their masters.
(d) He believes masters and slaves are only separated by fortune.

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

5. What tragedy did Seymour Krim endure as a child?
(a) His sister died of cancer.
(b) He was molested by a family friend.
(c) He lost both his parents.
(d) His father was an alcoholic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "The Crack-Up"?

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

3. In what century did Sei Shonagon live?

4. What is the author's opinion of public executions in "The Execution of Tropmann?"

5. What was the profession of Seneca the Younger's father?

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