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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what percentage of Bordeaux's population died as a result of the major disease that hit it while Montaigne was in office there?
(a) Eighty.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Ten.

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

3. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Essay #10, Montaigne notes that the people he discusses tend to leave scars with what type of surgical procedure?
(a) Stitching.
(b) Leeching.
(c) Blood-letting.
(d) Cauterizing.

4. Montaigne acknowledges that it is less of a vice to lie in order to avoid which of the following?
(a) Awkwardness.
(b) Appearing ignorant.
(c) Embarrassment.
(d) Rudeness.

5. Montaigne suggests that deceit requires a great deal of what?
(a) Bravery.
(b) Tenacity.
(c) Memory.
(d) Intelligence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Montaigne recommends that men not marry until they reach what age?

2. What major disease hit Bordeaux while Montaigne was in office there?

3. What was unusual about what Gutenburg did with bibles?

4. What social class was Montaigne born into?

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

(see the answer key)

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