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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1 of Essays : Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Luther and Calvin were notable for helping to start what movement?
(a) The English civil war.
(b) The magna carta.
(c) The Protestant revolution.
(d) The French revolution.

2. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 2, Montaigne describes how the prince of what region gained control over part of France?
(a) Scotland.
(b) Wales.
(c) Normandy.
(d) England.

3. What does Montaigne say about how bad a vice lying is in general?
(a) It is not as bad as most believe.
(b) It is worse than it may seem.
(c) It is unavoidable.
(d) It is not necessarily a vice.

4. Montaigne says that a fabricated storyline must be what?
(a) Ordinary.
(b) Predictable.
(c) Unremarkable.
(d) Consistent.

5. In Montaigne's story about the man leading a large number of troops, what moves the man to act with mercy?
(a) Children praying for mercy.
(b) Three holdouts fighting bravely.
(c) A group of women about to kill themselves.
(d) Monks praying in a church.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Essay #10, Montaigne discussed the cultural practices of what people?

2. About what percentage of Bordeaux's population died as a result of the major disease that hit it while Montaigne was in office there?

3. What decision does Conrad make in one of Montaigne's stories about mercy?

4. What religion was Montaigne raised in?

5. What country did Montaigne's mother come from?

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