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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. The journeys that Montaigne describes in his travel journal mostly occurred between what years?
(a) 1520 and 1522.
(b) 1601 and 1603.
(c) 1550 and 1551.
(d) 1580 and 1581.

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

3. Montaigne suggests that the difference between a man and an animal is less than the difference between a man and what?
(a) A woman.
(b) God.
(c) Another man.
(d) An ape.

4. Montaigne says that the ancient writer that he discusses near the beginning of Book 3 of Essays: Chapter 11 is extremely what?
(a) Versatile.
(b) Progressive.
(c) Intelligent.
(d) Conservative.

5. What happened to the majority of Montaigne's letters?
(a) They were censored.
(b) They were lost.
(c) Montaigne hid them.
(d) They were burned by the church.

Short Answer Questions

1. What factor tends to restrict the conditions for women?

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

3. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 2, Essay #3, what city do the soldiers who were allowed to escape go on to attack?

4. Which ancient Greek philosopher had a great affect on Montaigne?

5. What language was the unusual book that Montaigne's father came into possession of written in?

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