View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Montaigne recommends that men not marry until they reach what age?
(a) 34.
(b) 40.
(c) 30.
(d) 25.

2. Montaigne says that he feels what way with regards to knowing one individual who was brought back to Christianity due to the arguments in the book he discusses in Book 2 of Essay's: Chapter 7?
(a) Unsurprised.
(b) Disappointed.
(c) Shocked.
(d) Proud.

3. What explanation is given for the unusual rule that Montaigne discusses in Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Essay #48?
(a) It derives from a mistranslation.
(b) It is a tradition that no one understands.
(c) No reason is given.
(d) It comes from a bible passage.

4. Montaigne's general attitude towards women was what?
(a) Tolerance.
(b) Dislike.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Respect.

5. What major factor significantly diminished the place of women in Britain?
(a) Metal smithing.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Coastal trade.
(d) The Magna Carta.

Short Answer Questions

1. In one of Montaigne's stories, the people who have a kind of social experiment performed on them are what?

2. Most of the essays that follow Book 2 of Essays, Essay #12, Apology to Raymond Sebond center on what subject?

3. St. George is said to have slain what?

4. Montaigne relates the rumors that certain baths are supposed to have powers related to what?

5. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Essay #10, Montaigne discussed the cultural practices of what people?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 228 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample