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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. What major disease hit Bordeaux while Montaigne was in office there?
(a) Bubonic plague.
(b) Influenza.
(c) Typhus.
(d) Small pox.

2. What was the name of the notorious criminal that Montaigne witnessed being release?
(a) Brutus.
(b) Barnabas.
(c) Cato.
(d) Catena.

3. Which of the following does NOT well-classify the quotations that Montaigne uses throughout his essays?
(a) Short.
(b) Inexplicable.
(c) Diverse.
(d) Numerous.

4. What does Montaigne recommend to help a person develop self-awareness and uncensored thinking?
(a) Morphine.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Meditation.
(d) Solitude.

5. During Montaigne's time, what day were markets typically held on?
(a) Friday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Thursday.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first part of Montaigne's journal was actually written by whom?

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

3. Near the end of Book 2 of Essays: Chapter 8, Montaigne discusses means of what type?

4. Montaigne says that the ancient writer that he discusses near the beginning of Book 3 of Essays: Chapter 11 is extremely what?

5. What subject does the second introduction for this book cover?

(see the answer key)

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