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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. What social class was Montaigne born into?
(a) The commoner's class.
(b) Foreign class.
(c) The merchant class.
(d) The nobility.

2. What method of governance dominated Europe in Montaigne's time?
(a) Feudalism.
(b) Constitutional monarchy.
(c) Parliamentary democracy.
(d) Dictatorship.

3. In one of Montaigne's stories about mercy, what position does Conrad hold?
(a) Emperor.
(b) King.
(c) Captain.
(d) General.

4. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Essay #10, Montaigne discussed the cultural practices of what people?
(a) The Arabs.
(b) The Egyptians.
(c) The Jews.
(d) The Turks.

5. What language was this book originally written in?
(a) French.
(b) Latin.
(c) English.
(d) German.

Short Answer Questions

1. In one of Montaigne's stories, the man named Parmenio has to awaken whom?

2. What was unusual about what Gutenburg did with bibles?

3. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 2, Montaigne describes how the prince of what region gained control over part of France?

4. What does Montaigne say about how bad a vice lying is in general?

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

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