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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5, Letters : Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 2, Essay #3, what city do the soldiers who were allowed to escape go on to attack?
(a) Vienna.
(b) Syracuse.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) Athens.

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

3. What famous work by St. Thomas Aquinas significantly affects Montaigne?
(a) Summa Theologica.
(b) Invictus Spiritus.
(c) Magna Boerelia.
(d) Sidereus Nuncius.

4. The creature that Montaigne discuss near the end of Book 2 of Essays: Chapter 7, Essay #12 is able to exert a limited control over what?
(a) Its predators.
(b) Its food supply.
(c) Its neighbors.
(d) Its climate conditions.

5. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Essay #48, Montaigne discusses an unusual rule instituted by knights of what nation?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Spain.
(d) Italy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Montaigne suggests that a kindly person goes through life inclined towards what?

2. Book of Essay's 3: Chapter 12 begins with a note from whom?

3. How many famous women does Montaigne quote in his books of essays?

4. What subject does the first essay from Book 2 center on?

5. At the time that Montaigne was engaged in his translation of the unusual book, what philosophy was gaining significant popularity?

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