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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 office did Montaigne take up at the end of the journeys that he describes in his travel journal
(a) Duke.
(b) Lord.
(c) Mayor.
(d) Viscount.

2. Where did Montaigne end the journeys that he describes in his travel journal?
(a) Bordeaux.
(b) Paris.
(c) Calais.
(d) Brest.

3. While Montaigne was in office in Bordeaux, what system experienced major problems?
(a) The highway system.
(b) The canal system.
(c) The aqueduct system.
(d) The sewage system.

4. Montaigne responds to an argument that it is useless to defend Christianity from what standpoint?
(a) Rationality.
(b) Divine inspiration.
(c) Empiricism.
(d) Historical analysis.

5. What age does Montaigne recommend that males remain virgins until?
(a) 20.
(b) 18.
(c) 24.
(d) 16.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Essay #10, Montaigne discussed the cultural practices of what people?

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

3. Montaigne's model for the rhetoric in his work is best described as what?

4. The baths that Montaigne discusses are notable for being what?

5. What abstract concept does Montaigne say he would not marry?

(see the answer key)

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