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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. The noble who is discussed in Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 4, Essay #46 rules what region?
(a) Normandy.
(b) Wales.
(c) Luxembourg.
(d) France.

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

3. What factor tends to restrict the conditions for women?
(a) Warfare.
(b) Religion.
(c) Economic booms.
(d) Drought.

4. 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?
(a) Deism.
(b) Atheism.
(c) Paganism.
(d) Animism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What treatment of children by parents does Montaigne cite as leading to specific character traits?

2. The noble who is discussed in Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 4, Essay #46 organizes his dinner guests according to what?

3. What method of governance dominated Europe in Montaigne's time?

4. Montaigne says that extra time is often allotted to prepare war horses for what?

5. The unfinished church that Montaigne visits is to be called what?

(see the answer key)

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