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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1 of Essays : Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What country did Montaigne's mother come from?
(a) Spain.
(b) Italy.
(c) Morocco.
(d) Corsica.

2. What subject does the second introduction for this book cover?
(a) Philosophy in general.
(b) Translation issues.
(c) The history of Europe.
(d) Montaigne himself.

3. Montaigne suggests that deceit requires a great deal of what?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Memory.
(c) Tenacity.
(d) Bravery.

4. 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) Thirty.
(b) Eighty.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Ten.

5. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 2, Essay #3, what city do the soldiers who were allowed to escape go on to attack?
(a) Syracuse.
(b) Jerusalem.
(c) Athens.
(d) Vienna.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was unusual about what Gutenburg did with bibles?

3. What social class was Montaigne born into?

4. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Essay #10, Montaigne discussed the cultural practices of what people?

5. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 2, Essays #4 and #5, Montaigne says that many consider deceit to be an essential part of what?

(see the answer key)

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