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

2. What does the unusual rule Montaigne discusses in Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Essay #48 stipulate?
(a) Knights should never sleep facing East.
(b) Knight must always pray before crossing a river.
(c) Knights should always carry a crucifix.
(d) Knights may never ride mules.

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

4. What language was this book originally written in?
(a) German.
(b) Latin.
(c) English.
(d) French.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many terms did Montaigne serve in office in Bordeaux?

2. What does Montaigne say about how bad a vice lying is in general?

3. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Essay #10, Montaigne says that the people he discusses view scars as marks of what?

4. What religion was Montaigne raised in?

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

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