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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 religion did Montaigne's mother belong to?
(a) Islam.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Protestantism.
(d) Catholicism.

2. How does Montaigne say that father's generally view the flaws of their sons?
(a) They can never disregard them.
(b) They disapprove strongly of them.
(c) They ignore them.
(d) They blow them out of proportion.

3. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Essay #10, Montaigne discussed the cultural practices of what people?
(a) The Egyptians.
(b) The Arabs.
(c) The Jews.
(d) The Turks.

4. In one of Montaigne's stories, the man named Parmenio has to awaken whom?
(a) Hannibal.
(b) Julius Caesar.
(c) Caesar Augustus.
(d) Alexander the Great.

5. What social class was Montaigne born into?
(a) The commoner's class.
(b) The nobility.
(c) The merchant class.
(d) Foreign class.

Short Answer Questions

1. What major disease hit Bordeaux while Montaigne was in office there?

2. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Essay #10, Montaigne notes that the people he discusses tend to leave scars with what type of surgical procedure?

3. Near the end of Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Montaigne discusses two men who suffer from what?

4. What decision does Conrad make in one of Montaigne's stories about mercy?

5. What subject does the second introduction for this book cover?

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