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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Essay #10, Montaigne discussed the cultural practices of what people?
(a) The Jews.
(b) The Arabs.
(c) The Turks.
(d) The Egyptians.

2. What city-state in Greece was notable for supporting a matriarchal society for a long time in Greece?
(a) Athens.
(b) Thebes.
(c) Crete.
(d) Sparta.

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

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

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

6. Montaigne suggests that a kindly person goes through life inclined towards what?
(a) Slow moral degradation.
(b) Sloth.
(c) Virtue.
(d) Further kindliness.

7. What religion did Montaigne's mother belong to?
(a) Protestantism.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Islam.

8. The unusual book that Montaigne's father came into possession of was written using the words endings from what language?
(a) Spanish.
(b) Latin.
(c) French.
(d) Italian.

9. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 2, Essays #4 and #5, Montaigne says that many consider deceit to be an essential part of what?
(a) Diplomacy.
(b) Bargaining.
(c) Warfare.
(d) Life in general.

10. About what percentage of Bordeaux's population died as a result of the major disease that hit it while Montaigne was in office there?
(a) Eighty.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Ten.
(d) Fifty.

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

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

13. Montaigne says that a fabricated storyline must be what?
(a) Consistent.
(b) Predictable.
(c) Unremarkable.
(d) Ordinary.

14. What social class was Montaigne born into?
(a) Foreign class.
(b) The merchant class.
(c) The commoner's class.
(d) The nobility.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Montaigne recommends that men not marry until they reach what age?

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

3. Near the end of Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Montaigne discusses two men who suffer from what?

4. Near the end of Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, the two men that Montaigne discusses are cured of their affliction through what?

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

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