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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. Montaigne discusses how a man named Clesius was promoted to what rank?
(a) Pope.
(b) Cardinal.
(c) Bishop.
(d) Archbishop.

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

3. In one of Montaigne's stories, the man named Parmenio has to awaken whom?
(a) Julius Caesar.
(b) Caesar Augustus.
(c) Hannibal.
(d) Alexander the Great.

4. The "truth" that Montaigne speaks of in the essay in Book 2 of Essays, "Of Repentance" is best described as what?
(a) An illusion.
(b) Objective.
(c) Consensus reality.
(d) Relative.

5. One argument that Montaigne responds to is the suggestion that the book he discusses does not demonstrate that Christianity is superior to what belief system?
(a) Animism.
(b) Paganism.
(c) Deism.
(d) Atheism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Christ teach about the treatment of women?

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

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

4. Where did Montaigne end the journeys that he describes in his travel journal?

5. What method of governance dominated Europe in Montaigne's time?

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