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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book of Essays 2 : Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In one of Montaigne's stories, the people who have a kind of social experiment performed on them are what?
(a) Travelers.
(b) Factory workers.
(c) Beggars.
(d) Servants.

2. What does the unusual rule Montaigne discusses in Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Essay #48 stipulate?
(a) Knights should never sleep facing East.
(b) Knight must always pray before crossing a river.
(c) Knights may never ride mules.
(d) Knights should always carry a crucifix.

3. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Essay #48, Montaigne discusses an unusual rule instituted by knights of what nation?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) Italy.
(d) Spain.

4. Montaigne characterizes most of the "common people" as being what?
(a) Complacent.
(b) Followers.
(c) Faithless.
(d) Idiots.

5. Montaigne says that extra time is often allotted to prepare war horses for what?
(a) Breeding.
(b) Battle.
(c) Training.
(d) Shoeing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Montaigne describes how soldiers sometimes do what in desperate times?

2. The noble who is discussed in Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 4, Essay #46 organizes his dinner guests according to what?

3. Who was the target audience of the social experiment that Montaigne discusses near the end of Book 2 of Essays: Chapter 8?

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

5. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 2, Essay #3, what city do the soldiers who were allowed to escape go on to attack?

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