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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book of Essays 2 : Chapter 8,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the time that Montaigne was engaged in his translation of the unusual book, what philosophy was gaining significant popularity?
(a) Empiricism.
(b) Lutheranism.
(c) Calvinism.
(d) Predestination.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the target audience of the social experiment that Montaigne discusses near the end of Book 2 of Essays: Chapter 8?

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

3. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Essay #10, Montaigne notes that the people he discusses tend to leave scars with what type of surgical procedure?

4. Montaigne says that a fabricated storyline must be what?

5. How often does Montaigne criticize the book that he translated in his discussion of it?

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