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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Travel Journal : Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In his writing, Montaigne avoids becoming excessively what?
(a) Vulgar.
(b) Familiar.
(c) Literary.
(d) Extemporaneous.

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

3. Montaigne warns against the dangers of a relationship between what types of people?
(a) A man and a boy.
(b) Two men.
(c) Two women.
(d) A woman and a boy.

4. Why did Montaigne write his travel journals?
(a) As notes for a novel.
(b) For his wife.
(c) For personal use.
(d) For wide publication.

5. How often does Montaigne criticize the book that he translated in his discussion of it?
(a) Very often.
(b) His discussion is full of criticism.
(c) Occasionally.
(d) Never.

Short Answer Questions

1. How prevalent were matriarchal societies in Europe at Montaigne's time?

2. What religion was Montaigne raised in?

3. What was Montaigne's father's opinion on education?

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

5. What social class was Montaigne born into?

(see the answer key)

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