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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. What does Montaigne believe about action and words?
(a) They must both be employed.
(b) Neither is important compared to intentions.
(c) Words are much more important.
(d) Actions are much more important.

2. In one of Montiagne's stories, what does the man force the group of people to do as part of a social experiment?
(a) Get drunk.
(b) Lie.
(c) Dance.
(d) Blaspheme.

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

4. The noble who is discussed in Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 4, Essay #46 holds a feast for whom?
(a) English knights.
(b) Priests and bishops.
(c) The nobles of France.
(d) Wealthy merchants.

5. What was the name of the location that Montaigne stayed at in Rome?
(a) The Stallion.
(b) The Bear.
(c) The Hog.
(d) The Whale.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Montaigne's story about the man leading a large number of troops, what moves the man to act with mercy?

2. Montaigne's perspective as a male is best described as which of the following?

3. Which historian does Montaigne discuss as having written one of the first official histories of Rome?

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

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

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