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

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

3. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 2, Montaigne describes how the prince of what region gained control over part of France?
(a) Normandy.
(b) England.
(c) Wales.
(d) Scotland.

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

5. What method of governance dominated Europe in Montaigne's time?
(a) Dictatorship.
(b) Feudalism.
(c) Constitutional monarchy.
(d) Parliamentary democracy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. About what percentage of Bordeaux's population died as a result of the major disease that hit it while Montaigne was in office there?

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

4. In Montaigne's story about the man leading a large number of troops, what moves the man to act with mercy?

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

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