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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1 of Essays : Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Montaigne suggests that most war horses were not what?
(a) Well-bred.
(b) Sane.
(c) Disciplined.
(d) Tame.

2. Montaigne suggests that it is difficult to do what with war horses?
(a) Train them.
(b) Mount them.
(c) Tend them.
(d) Breed them.

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

4. Montaigne describes how soldiers sometimes do what in desperate times?
(a) Sell their horses and armor.
(b) Drink the blood of their horses.
(c) Eat their horses.
(d) Trade their war horses for normal mounts.

5. What was unusual about what Gutenburg did with bibles?
(a) He sold them to non-Christians.
(b) He distributed them for free.
(c) He interpreted them in a new way.
(d) He printed them in common languages.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Montaigne say about how bad a vice lying is in general?

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

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?

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

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