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

2. Who was the target audience of the social experiment that Montaigne discusses near the end of Book 2 of Essays: Chapter 8?
(a) The nobility.
(b) The working class.
(c) The aristocracy.
(d) The upper class.

3. What was Montaigne's religion?
(a) Calvinism.
(b) Zoroastrianism.
(c) Lutheranism.
(d) Catholicism.

4. Book 3 of Essays contains how many essays?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Five.
(d) Thirteen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Montaigne's perspective causes him to focus on what?

2. Montaigne suggests that which of the following contributed most to his performance as a husband?

3. How many famous women does Montaigne quote in his books of essays?

4. Which language, besides Latin, did Montaigne hear the mass given in during the holiday mass he observed at Saint Peter's?

5. The noble who is discussed in Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 4, Essay #46 holds what position?

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