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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the culture Montaigne describes, women were discouraged from visiting public baths if they were what?
(a) Divorced.
(b) Unescorted.
(c) Sexually promiscuous.
(d) Younger than eighteen.

2. Montaigne's view of the role of women was what?
(a) Reactionary.
(b) Traditional.
(c) Progressive.
(d) Conservative.

3. In what month did the first part of Montaigne's journey start?
(a) September.
(b) April.
(c) July.
(d) January.

4. Montaigne's secretary favorably compares their lodgings in Rome to what location?
(a) The Gilded Lilly.
(b) The Gold Vase.
(c) The Saucer.
(d) The Rose.

5. What famous work by St. Thomas Aquinas significantly affects Montaigne?
(a) Magna Boerelia.
(b) Invictus Spiritus.
(c) Summa Theologica.
(d) Sidereus Nuncius.

6. What was Montaigne's religion?
(a) Calvinism.
(b) Lutheranism.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Zoroastrianism.

7. Montaigne's general attitude towards women was what?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Dislike.
(c) Respect.
(d) Tolerance.

8. Which ancient Greek philosopher had a great affect on Montaigne?
(a) Sophocles.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Plato.
(d) Aristotle.

9. What major city is Montaigne headed to in the journeys described in Travel Journal: Chapter 13?
(a) Tours.
(b) Berlin.
(c) Rome.
(d) Barcelona.

10. Which historian does Montaigne discuss as having written one of the first official histories of Rome?
(a) Pliny.
(b) Cato.
(c) Livicitus.
(d) Livy.

11. Montaigne visits what type of a religious site dedicated to St. George?
(a) A cathedral.
(b) A shrine.
(c) A church.
(d) A basilica.

12. In what month did Montaigne arrive in Rome?
(a) March.
(b) September.
(c) June.
(d) November.

13. What abstract concept does Montaigne say he would not marry?
(a) Faith.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Muse.
(d) Piety.

14. What was the name of the notorious criminal that Montaigne witnessed being release?
(a) Catena.
(b) Brutus.
(c) Barnabas.
(d) Cato.

15. What nation does Montaigne head for in Travel Journal: Chapter 13?
(a) Germany.
(b) The Netherlands.
(c) Italy.
(d) Spain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Montaigne's secretary notes near the end of Travel Journal: Chapter 13, that the region they are in was once controlled by what nation?

2. How does Montaigne describe the useful substance that can be gathered from some public water?

3. The first part of Montaigne's journal was actually written by whom?

4. Which philosopher does Montaigne most often quote?

5. What was the main motivation of the journeys that Montaigne describes in his travel journal?

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