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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The noble who is discussed in Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 4, Essay #46 rules what region?
(a) France.
(b) Luxembourg.
(c) Normandy.
(d) Wales.

2. What subject does the first essay from Book 2 center on?
(a) Human behavior.
(b) Virtues.
(c) Vice.
(d) Governance.

3. One argument that Montaigne responds to is the suggestion that the book he discusses does not demonstrate that Christianity is superior to what belief system?
(a) Paganism.
(b) Atheism.
(c) Deism.
(d) Animism.

4. Montaigne describes how soldiers sometimes do what in desperate times?
(a) Eat their horses.
(b) Drink the blood of their horses.
(c) Trade their war horses for normal mounts.
(d) Sell their horses and armor.

5. What method of governance dominated Europe in Montaigne's time?
(a) Dictatorship.
(b) Parliamentary democracy.
(c) Constitutional monarchy.
(d) Feudalism.

6. The noble who is discussed in Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 4, Essay #46 holds what position?
(a) Duke.
(b) King.
(c) Regent.
(d) Prince.

7. What century did Montaigne live in?
(a) The 12th.
(b) The 14th.
(c) The 18th.
(d) The 16th.

8. What age does Montaigne recommend that males remain virgins until?
(a) 20.
(b) 16.
(c) 24.
(d) 18.

9. In one of Montaigne's stories, the man named Parmenio has to awaken whom?
(a) Hannibal.
(b) Caesar Augustus.
(c) Alexander the Great.
(d) Julius Caesar.

10. How many terms did Montaigne serve in office in Bordeaux?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) One.
(d) Seven.

11. In one of Montaigne's stories about mercy, what position does Conrad hold?
(a) Captain.
(b) Emperor.
(c) King.
(d) General.

12. Montaigne states that his method for discussing the book that is the topic of Book 2 of Essays: Chapter 7, Essay #12 is based on the writings of what philosopher?
(a) Sophocles.
(b) Josephus.
(c) Socrates.
(d) St. Thomas Aquinas.

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

14. Montaigne suggests that it is difficult to do what with war horses?
(a) Tend them.
(b) Breed them.
(c) Train them.
(d) Mount them.

15. What creature dose Montaigne discuss near the end of Book 2 of Essays: Chapter 7, Essay #12?
(a) The raccoon.
(b) The mole.
(c) The rat.
(d) The hedgehog.

Short Answer Questions

1. Montaigne suggests that what element of child-rearing common in his own time is not necessary?

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

3. Montaigne believes that not all vices are what?

4. Montaigne says that extra time is often allotted to prepare war horses for what?

5. What religion was Montaigne raised in?

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