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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. What ancient writer does Montaigne discuss near the beginning of Book 3 of Essays: Chapter 11?
(a) Josephus.
(b) Terrence.
(c) Pliny.
(d) Cato.

2. Who was the target audience of the social experiment that Montaigne discusses near the end of Book 2 of Essays: Chapter 8?
(a) The working class.
(b) The nobility.
(c) The aristocracy.
(d) The upper class.

3. What position was Montaigne commissioned to in Bordeaux?
(a) Judge.
(b) Ombudsman.
(c) Alderman.
(d) Mayor.

4. Montaigne says that he feels what way with regards to knowing one individual who was brought back to Christianity due to the arguments in the book he discusses in Book 2 of Essay's: Chapter 7?
(a) Proud.
(b) Disappointed.
(c) Shocked.
(d) Unsurprised.

5. In one of Montaigne's stories, the people who have a kind of social experiment performed on them are what?
(a) Travelers.
(b) Factory workers.
(c) Servants.
(d) Beggars.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Montaigne admit about himself in the essay in Book 2 of Essays, "Of Repentance"?

3. Montaigne's view of the role of women was what?

4. Montaigne acknowledges that it is less of a vice to lie in order to avoid which of the following?

5. Montaigne characterizes most of the "common people" as being what?

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