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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Book 3 of Essays contains how many essays?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Five.
(d) Fifty.
2. Book of Essay's 3: Chapter 12 begins with a note from whom?
(a) Montaigne's original publisher.
(b) Montaigne's wife.
(c) The editor.
(d) The philosopher Terrence.
3. The baths that Montaigne discusses are notable for being what?
(a) Heated.
(b) Sulfurous.
(c) Rejuvinative.
(d) Public.
4. Montaigne's sees which of the following as being the role of a man?
(a) Intellectual pursuit.
(b) Subdominance.
(c) Cooperation.
(d) Leadership.
5. What nation did Guiseppe defect to?
(a) The Saracens.
(b) The Moors.
(c) The Iberians.
(d) The Turks.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Montaigne believe about action and words?
2. In the culture Montaigne describes, women were discouraged from visiting public baths if they were what?
3. Montaigne says that women know more than men about what?
4. The unfinished church that Montaigne visits is to be called what?
5. Which philosopher does Montaigne most often quote?
Short Essay Questions
1. What qualities interest Montaigne about public water?
2. What influences may have caused Montaigne to have a greater respect for women?
3. Why do the Genoese keep Guiseppe locked up?
4. Describe the course of Montaigne's journey described in Travel Journal: Chapter 15.
5. How does Montaigne say that he was able to deal with the restrictions of marriage?
6. According to the note at the beginning of Book 3 of Essays: Chapter 12, why is the editor interested in Montaigne's travel journals?
7. Describe the changes in languages that Montaigne encounters during the travels discussed in Travel Journal: Chapter 13?
8. Overall, what is Montaigne's writing style like?
9. Why did Montaigne undertake his travels?
10. What church promotion occurred in Trent while Montaigne was there?
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