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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. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 2, Essays #4 and #5, Montaigne says that many consider deceit to be an essential part of what?
(a) Warfare.
(b) Life in general.
(c) Diplomacy.
(d) Bargaining.

2. What does Montaigne say about how bad a vice lying is in general?
(a) It is not necessarily a vice.
(b) It is unavoidable.
(c) It is worse than it may seem.
(d) It is not as bad as most believe.

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

4. Montaigne says that a fabricated storyline must be what?
(a) Predictable.
(b) Ordinary.
(c) Consistent.
(d) Unremarkable.

5. What religion was Montaigne raised in?
(a) Anglicanism.
(b) Catholicism.
(c) Lutheranism.
(d) Calvinism.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Montaigne say that father's generally view the flaws of their sons?

2. What country did Montaigne's mother come from?

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

4. Montaigne suggests that deceit requires a great deal of what?

5. What social class was Montaigne born into?

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