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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book of Essays 3 : Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Near the end of Book 2 of Essays: Chapter 8, Montaigne discusses means of what type?
(a) Violent.
(b) Evil.
(c) Good.
(d) Morally grey.

2. Montaigne says that a fabricated storyline must be what?
(a) Ordinary.
(b) Predictable.
(c) Unremarkable.
(d) Consistent.

3. Which historian does Montaigne discuss as having written one of the first official histories of Rome?
(a) Cato.
(b) Livicitus.
(c) Livy.
(d) Pliny.

4. What creature dose Montaigne discuss near the end of Book 2 of Essays: Chapter 7, Essay #12?
(a) The hedgehog.
(b) The mole.
(c) The raccoon.
(d) The rat.

5. What was Montaigne's religion?
(a) Calvinism.
(b) Lutheranism.
(c) Zoroastrianism.
(d) Catholicism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What philosopher did Montaigne believe to have been a major influence on the unusual book that he translated?

2. Near the end of Book 2 of Essays: Chapter 8, Montaigne discusses how and whether what type of results should be brought about?

3. What decision does Conrad make in one of Montaigne's stories about mercy?

4. What social class was Montaigne born into?

5. Montaigne's writing does not appear to be what?

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