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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. How many famous women does Montaigne quote in his books of essays?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) None.
(d) Two.

2. Montaigne characterizes most of the "common people" as being what?
(a) Faithless.
(b) Complacent.
(c) Idiots.
(d) Followers.

3. In one of Montiagne's stories, what does the man force the group of people to do as part of a social experiment?
(a) Blaspheme.
(b) Lie.
(c) Dance.
(d) Get drunk.

4. The apocryphal slaying that St. George performed is a reference to him overcoming what?
(a) Sin.
(b) Temptation.
(c) Pagan beliefs.
(d) An enemy army.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Montaigne suggests that all religions are essentially what?

2. What does the unusual rule Montaigne discusses in Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Essay #48 stipulate?

3. Why did Montaigne write his travel journals?

4. Montaigne says that women know more than men about what?

5. One argument that Montaigne responds to is the suggestion that the book he discusses does not demonstrate that Christianity is superior to what belief system?

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