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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. Near the end of Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, the two men that Montaigne discusses are cured of their affliction through what?
(a) Restful sleep.
(b) Confession.
(c) Introspection.
(d) Blood-letting.

2. Montaigne is impressed by Roman dishes that are made of what material?
(a) Lead.
(b) Steel.
(c) Ceramics.
(d) Porcelain.

3. In one of Montaigne's stories, the people who have a kind of social experiment performed on them are what?
(a) Travelers.
(b) Factory workers.
(c) Beggars.
(d) Servants.

4. What decision does Conrad make in one of Montaigne's stories about mercy?
(a) To forgo a series of executions.
(b) To release every tenth prisoner.
(c) To let the women and children go.
(d) To let the defeated enemy leader live.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does NOT well-classify the quotations that Montaigne uses throughout his essays?

2. What type of argument does Montaigne make regarding the book that he discusses in Book 2 of Essays: Chapter 7, Essay #12?

3. What city-state in Greece was notable for supporting a matriarchal society for a long time in Greece?

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

5. Montaigne says that the Roman dishes are superior to French dishes made of what?

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