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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 famous work by St. Thomas Aquinas significantly affects Montaigne?
(a) Sidereus Nuncius.
(b) Summa Theologica.
(c) Invictus Spiritus.
(d) Magna Boerelia.

2. Book 3 of Essays contains how many essays?
(a) Five.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Fifty.

3. Montaigne describes how soldiers sometimes do what in desperate times?
(a) Drink the blood of their horses.
(b) Eat their horses.
(c) Sell their horses and armor.
(d) Trade their war horses for normal mounts.

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

5. In one of Montaigne's stories, the man who performs a kind of social experiment on people of a lower social station had what profession?
(a) Scholar.
(b) Judge.
(c) Politician.
(d) Psychologist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Near the end of Book 2 of Essays: Chapter 8, Montaigne discusses means of what type?

2. Montaigne says that he could never do what with respect to his father?

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

4. Which ancient Greek philosopher had a great affect on Montaigne?

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

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