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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Deism.
(b) Atheism.
(c) Paganism.
(d) Animism.

2. What does Montaigne recommend to help a person develop self-awareness and uncensored thinking?
(a) Meditation.
(b) Solitude.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Morphine.

3. Montaigne doubts affection that is based on what?
(a) Physical attraction.
(b) Business dealings.
(c) Reliance.
(d) Gift-giving.

4. What does Montaigne say about how bad a vice lying is in general?
(a) It is unavoidable.
(b) It is not as bad as most believe.
(c) It is not necessarily a vice.
(d) It is worse than it may seem.

5. Montaigne recommends that men not marry until they reach what age?
(a) 25.
(b) 34.
(c) 30.
(d) 40.

6. What philosopher did Montaigne believe to have been a major influence on the unusual book that he translated?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) St. Thomas Aquinas.
(c) John Locke.
(d) Demosthenes.

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

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

9. Montaigne's father asked him to translate the unusual book discussed in Book 2 of Essays: Essay #12 into what language?
(a) French.
(b) Latin.
(c) Italian.
(d) Spanish.

10. Which of the following does NOT well-classify the quotations that Montaigne uses throughout his essays?
(a) Numerous.
(b) Short.
(c) Inexplicable.
(d) Diverse.

11. Montaigne specifically suggests that mastering what desire is a good example of virtue?
(a) Malice.
(b) Greed.
(c) Vengeance.
(d) Lust.

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

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

14. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Essay #10, Montaigne notes that the people he discusses tend to leave scars with what type of surgical procedure?
(a) Leeching.
(b) Blood-letting.
(c) Stitching.
(d) Cauterizing.

15. How does Montaigne say that father's generally view the flaws of their sons?
(a) They ignore them.
(b) They can never disregard them.
(c) They disapprove strongly of them.
(d) They blow them out of proportion.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Essay #10, Montaigne says that the people he discusses view scars as marks of what?

2. In Book 2 of Essays, Essay #11, Montaigne contrasts virtue with what?

3. What is Montaigne's general attitude towards marriage?

4. What decision does Conrad make in one of Montaigne's stories about mercy?

5. Montaigne characterizes his parents' treatment of him as which of the following?

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