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

2. Montaigne suggests that all religions are essentially what?
(a) Defensible.
(b) Equal.
(c) Ridiculous.
(d) Inconsistent.

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

4. Montaigne characterizes most of the "common people" as being what?
(a) Followers.
(b) Complacent.
(c) Faithless.
(d) Idiots.

5. What religion did Montaigne's mother belong to?
(a) Protestantism.
(b) Islam.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Catholicism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion was Montaigne raised in?

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

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. What language was this book originally written in?

5. Montaigne believes that not all vices are what?

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