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

2. What age does Montaigne recommend that males remain virgins until?
(a) 16.
(b) 20.
(c) 18.
(d) 24.

3. What subject does the second introduction for this book cover?
(a) Translation issues.
(b) Montaigne himself.
(c) The history of Europe.
(d) Philosophy in general.

4. Who is the father of the noble who is discussed in Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 4, Essay #46?
(a) King Phillip of Spain.
(b) King Ferdinand of Normandy.
(c) King Henry II of England.
(d) King Gustav of Germany.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What social class was Montaigne born into?

2. What is Montaigne's general attitude towards marriage?

3. Montaigne suggests that deceit requires a great deal of what?

4. Montaigne acknowledges that it is less of a vice to lie in order to avoid which of the following?

5. Montaigne says that a fabricated storyline must be what?

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