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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book of Essays 3 : Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Essay #10, Montaigne says that the people he discusses view scars as marks of what?
(a) Experience.
(b) Strength.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Bravery.

2. The journeys that Montaigne describes in his travel journal mostly occurred between what years?
(a) 1520 and 1522.
(b) 1601 and 1603.
(c) 1580 and 1581.
(d) 1550 and 1551.

3. The enemy that Conrad subdued in one of Montaigne's stories about mercy was from what nation?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Lithuania.
(c) Denmark.
(d) Bavaria.

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

5. What subject does the first essay from Book 2 center on?
(a) Governance.
(b) Vice.
(c) Human behavior.
(d) Virtues.

Short Answer Questions

1. The civil wars that occurred in Montaigne's country during his early years as an adult were primarily fought over what issues?

2. Montaigne responds to an argument that it is useless to defend Christianity from what standpoint?

3. In one of Montaigne's stories, the people who have a kind of social experiment performed on them are what?

4. What language was this book originally written in?

5. Near the end of Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Montaigne discusses two men who suffer from what?

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