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

2. What religion was Montaigne raised in?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Calvinism.
(c) Lutheranism.
(d) Anglicanism.

3. The enemy that Conrad subdued in one of Montaigne's stories about mercy was from what nation?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Denmark.
(c) Lithuania.
(d) Bavaria.

4. Montaigne suggests that it is difficult to do what with war horses?
(a) Mount them.
(b) Tend them.
(c) Train them.
(d) Breed them.

5. What types of things does Montaigne believe cannot be repented for?
(a) Intentional murders.
(b) Blasphemies.
(c) Things outside of one's control.
(d) Violent crimes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does NOT well-classify the quotations that Montaigne uses throughout his essays?

2. In one of Montiagne's stories, what does the man force the group of people to do as part of a social experiment?

3. In one of Montaigne's stories about mercy, what position does Conrad hold?

4. Montaigne characterizes most of the "common people" as being what?

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

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