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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What treatment of children by parents does Montaigne cite as leading to specific character traits?
(a) Neglect.
(b) Scolding.
(c) Apathy.
(d) Violence.

2. Montaigne believes that not all vices are what?
(a) Harmful.
(b) Unjustified.
(c) Equal.
(d) Evil.

3. What does Montaigne suggest is essential in order for a person to lead a good life?
(a) A strong family.
(b) Discipline.
(c) Parental affection.
(d) Religious dedication.

4. The noble who is discussed in Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 4, Essay #46 organizes his dinner guests according to what?
(a) Height.
(b) Area of land owned.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Surname.

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

6. 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) Disappointed.
(b) Shocked.
(c) Proud.
(d) Unsurprised.

7. Who is the father of the noble who is discussed in Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 4, Essay #46?
(a) King Gustav of Germany.
(b) King Phillip of Spain.
(c) King Henry II of England.
(d) King Ferdinand of Normandy.

8. Montaigne says that extra time is often allotted to prepare war horses for what?
(a) Battle.
(b) Training.
(c) Shoeing.
(d) Breeding.

9. What subject does the second introduction for this book cover?
(a) Philosophy in general.
(b) Translation issues.
(c) Montaigne himself.
(d) The history of Europe.

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

11. What subject does the first introduction for this book cover?
(a) Philosophy in general.
(b) Translation issues.
(c) The history of Europe.
(d) Montaigne himself.

12. What position was Montaigne commissioned to in Bordeaux?
(a) Judge.
(b) Ombudsman.
(c) Mayor.
(d) Alderman.

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

14. How is Raymond Sebond related to the unusual book that Montaigne translated?
(a) He tried to censor it.
(b) He criticized it roundly.
(c) He wrote it.
(d) He published it.

15. 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) Animism.
(d) Deism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Montaigne's father asked him to translate the unusual book discussed in Book 2 of Essays: Essay #12 into what language?

2. About what percentage of Bordeaux's population died as a result of the major disease that hit it while Montaigne was in office there?

3. What was Montaigne's father's opinion on education?

4. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Essay #48, Montaigne discusses an unusual rule instituted by knights of what nation?

5. In one of Montaigne's stories about mercy, what position does Conrad hold?

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