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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Travel Journal : Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The apocryphal slaying that St. George performed is a reference to him overcoming what?
(a) Temptation.
(b) Pagan beliefs.
(c) Sin.
(d) An enemy army.

2. Montaigne's sees which of the following as being the role of a man?
(a) Subdominance.
(b) Cooperation.
(c) Intellectual pursuit.
(d) Leadership.

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

4. Montaigne discusses how a man named Clesius was promoted to what rank?
(a) Cardinal.
(b) Bishop.
(c) Pope.
(d) Archbishop.

5. Montaigne's secretary notes near the end of Travel Journal: Chapter 13, that the region they are in was once controlled by what nation?
(a) Turkey.
(b) The papal states.
(c) Germany.
(d) Wales.

Short Answer Questions

1. What treatment of children by parents does Montaigne cite as leading to specific character traits?

2. What is Montaigne's general attitude towards marriage?

3. St. George is said to have slain what?

4. In his writing, Montaigne avoids becoming excessively what?

5. In Travel Journal: Chapter 13, Montaigne describes a priest who speaks what out-of-place language as part of his services?

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