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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2 of Essays : Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. What position was Montaigne commissioned to in Bordeaux?
(a) Judge.
(b) Mayor.
(c) Ombudsman.
(d) Alderman.

4. Near the end of Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Montaigne discusses two men who suffer from what?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Hallucinations.
(c) Suicidal thoughts.
(d) The plague.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In one of Montaigne's stories, the man named Parmenio has to awaken whom?

2. Montaigne believes that not all vices are what?

3. What subject does the first essay from Book 2 center on?

4. The noble who is discussed in Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 4, Essay #46 holds what position?

5. The unusual book that Montaigne's father came into possession of was written using the words endings from what language?

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