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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. What major factor significantly diminished the place of women in Britain?
(a) Christianity.
(b) The Magna Carta.
(c) Metal smithing.
(d) Coastal trade.

2. What was unusual about what Gutenburg did with bibles?
(a) He sold them to non-Christians.
(b) He printed them in common languages.
(c) He interpreted them in a new way.
(d) He distributed them for free.

3. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 2, Montaigne describes how the prince of what region gained control over part of France?
(a) England.
(b) Wales.
(c) Normandy.
(d) Scotland.

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

5. What decision does Conrad make in one of Montaigne's stories about mercy?
(a) To let the women and children go.
(b) To let the defeated enemy leader live.
(c) To forgo a series of executions.
(d) To release every tenth prisoner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What city-state in Greece was notable for supporting a matriarchal society for a long time in Greece?

2. In Book 2 of Essays, Essay #11, Montaigne contrasts virtue with what?

3. Who is the father of the noble who is discussed in Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 4, Essay #46?

4. Montaigne suggests that it is difficult to do what with war horses?

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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