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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Travel Journal : Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Montaigne write his travel journals?
(a) For personal use.
(b) As notes for a novel.
(c) For wide publication.
(d) For his wife.

2. Luther and Calvin were notable for helping to start what movement?
(a) The magna carta.
(b) The French revolution.
(c) The Protestant revolution.
(d) The English civil war.

3. In the culture Montaigne describes, women were discouraged from visiting public baths if they were what?
(a) Divorced.
(b) Younger than eighteen.
(c) Sexually promiscuous.
(d) Unescorted.

4. Montaigne writes that people from what nation were often relied upon to establish and maintain social order?
(a) Italy.
(b) England.
(c) Germany.
(d) Russia.

5. Montaigne's perspective as a male is best described as which of the following?
(a) Understated.
(b) Unimportant.
(c) Standard.
(d) Exaggerated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What philosopher does Montaigne quote briefly on the subject of authority?

2. Which of the following does NOT well-classify the quotations that Montaigne uses throughout his essays?

3. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 2, Essay #3, what city do the soldiers who were allowed to escape go on to attack?

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

5. What does Montaigne recommend to help a person develop self-awareness and uncensored thinking?

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