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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. In his writing, Montaigne avoids becoming excessively what?
(a) Literary.
(b) Familiar.
(c) Vulgar.
(d) Extemporaneous.

2. Most of the essays that follow Book 2 of Essays, Essay #12, Apology to Raymond Sebond center on what subject?
(a) Morality and ethics.
(b) Governance.
(c) Thought and reasoning.
(d) Democracy and Republics.

3. Who was the target audience of the social experiment that Montaigne discusses near the end of Book 2 of Essays: Chapter 8?
(a) The aristocracy.
(b) The upper class.
(c) The working class.
(d) The nobility.

4. Montaigne responds to an argument that it is useless to defend Christianity from what standpoint?
(a) Rationality.
(b) Historical analysis.
(c) Divine inspiration.
(d) Empiricism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What explanation is given for the unusual rule that Montaigne discusses in Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Essay #48?

2. Montaigne treated women without what?

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

4. The "truth" that Montaigne speaks of in the essay in Book 2 of Essays, "Of Repentance" is best described as what?

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

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