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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book of Essays 2 : Chapter 8,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What explanation is given for the unusual rule that Montaigne discusses in Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Essay #48?
(a) It is a tradition that no one understands.
(b) It comes from a bible passage.
(c) No reason is given.
(d) It derives from a mistranslation.

2. Montaigne suggests that it is difficult to do what with war horses?
(a) Mount them.
(b) Tend them.
(c) Train them.
(d) Breed them.

3. The creature that Montaigne discuss near the end of Book 2 of Essays: Chapter 7, Essay #12 is able to exert a limited control over what?
(a) Its climate conditions.
(b) Its predators.
(c) Its neighbors.
(d) Its food supply.

4. In one of Montaigne's stories, the people who have a kind of social experiment performed on them are what?
(a) Factory workers.
(b) Travelers.
(c) Beggars.
(d) Servants.

5. What city-state in Greece was notable for supporting a matriarchal society for a long time in Greece?
(a) Athens.
(b) Crete.
(c) Sparta.
(d) Thebes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Montaigne suggests that the difference between a man and an animal is less than the difference between a man and what?

2. Montaigne says that he feels what way with regards to knowing one individual who was brought back to Christianity due to the arguments in the book he discusses in Book 2 of Essay's: Chapter 7?

3. What religion was Montaigne raised in?

4. What major disease hit Bordeaux while Montaigne was in office there?

5. The creature that Montaigne discuss near the end of Book 2 of Essays: Chapter 7, Essay #12 is known for building what?

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