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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. The noble who is discussed in Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 4, Essay #46 holds a feast for whom?
(a) Wealthy merchants.
(b) The nobles of France.
(c) English knights.
(d) Priests and bishops.

2. The noble who is discussed in Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 4, Essay #46 rules what region?
(a) Wales.
(b) Luxembourg.
(c) France.
(d) Normandy.

3. Montaigne believes that not all vices are what?
(a) Unjustified.
(b) Harmful.
(c) Equal.
(d) Evil.

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

5. What subject does the first essay from Book 2 center on?
(a) Vice.
(b) Human behavior.
(c) Virtues.
(d) Governance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language was this book originally written in?

2. What religion did Montaigne's mother belong to?

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

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

5. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Essay #10, Montaigne says that the people he discusses view scars as marks of what?

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