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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Travel Journal : Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Montaigne's father's opinion on education?
(a) He thought it was only for the middle class.
(b) He thought it was too expensive.
(c) He dismissed it.
(d) He valued it.

2. Near the end of Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Montaigne discusses two men who suffer from what?
(a) Suicidal thoughts.
(b) Epilepsy.
(c) Hallucinations.
(d) The plague.

3. What advantage does Montaigne say that women have in entering into marriage?
(a) They have many modern rights.
(b) They are psychologically equipped for it.
(c) They are well-educated about it.
(d) They have significantly greater social standing once married.

4. Most of the essays that follow Book 2 of Essays, Essay #12, Apology to Raymond Sebond center on what subject?
(a) Governance.
(b) Thought and reasoning.
(c) Democracy and Republics.
(d) Morality and ethics.

5. Montaigne suggests that which of the following contributed most to his performance as a husband?
(a) Submission to the arrangements of marriage.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Study and discussion with friends.
(d) Strong communication and compromise.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 2, Essays #4 and #5, Montaigne says that many consider deceit to be an essential part of what?

2. Montaigne suggests that it is difficult to do what with war horses?

3. Montaigne writes that a wife should treat her husband as if he were what?

4. Montaigne discusses how a man named Clesius was promoted to what rank?

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

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