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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. Montaigne suggests that a kindly person goes through life inclined towards what?
(a) Slow moral degradation.
(b) Further kindliness.
(c) Sloth.
(d) Virtue.

2. The civil wars that occurred in Montaigne's country during his early years as an adult were primarily fought over what issues?
(a) Religious issues.
(b) Issues of loyalty.
(c) Class issues.
(d) Economic issues.

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

4. What philosopher did Montaigne believe to have been a major influence on the unusual book that he translated?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) John Locke.
(c) Demosthenes.
(d) St. Thomas Aquinas.

5. The enemy that Conrad subdued in one of Montaigne's stories about mercy was from what nation?
(a) Sweden.
(b) Lithuania.
(c) Denmark.
(d) Bavaria.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Near the end of Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, the two men that Montaigne discusses are cured of their affliction through what?

3. In one of Montaigne's stories about mercy, what position does Conrad hold?

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

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

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