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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advantage does Montaigne say that women have in entering into marriage?
(a) They have significantly greater social standing once married.
(b) They are well-educated about it.
(c) They are psychologically equipped for it.
(d) They have many modern rights.

2. Montaigne treated women without what?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Empathy.
(c) Tolerance.
(d) Disrespect.

3. Where did Montaigne end the journeys that he describes in his travel journal?
(a) Bordeaux.
(b) Paris.
(c) Calais.
(d) Brest.

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

5. Book 3 of Essays contains how many essays?
(a) Five.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Twenty.

6. Montaigne relates the rumors that certain baths are supposed to have powers related to what?
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Strength.
(c) Healing.
(d) Virility.

7. Montaigne writes that a wife should guard against her husband, regarding him as if he were what?
(a) A liar.
(b) A cheater.
(c) A traitor.
(d) A criminal.

8. At what city along Montaigne's path does French stop being the predominant language?
(a) Genova.
(b) Lyon.
(c) Gloucester.
(d) Trent.

9. What does Montaigne admit about himself in the essay in Book 2 of Essays, "Of Repentance"?
(a) He is not perfect.
(b) He does not repent for all of his sins.
(c) He has sinned consistently.
(d) He does not think complete repentance is possible.

10. Montaigne's writing does not appear to be what?
(a) Conventional.
(b) Respectful.
(c) Approachable.
(d) Condescending.

11. Montaigne describes a culture that recommends bathing how often?
(a) Daily.
(b) Once a week.
(c) Multiple times a day.
(d) Once a month.

12. The first part of Montaigne's journal was actually written by whom?
(a) His long-time friend.
(b) His wife.
(c) His secretary.
(d) Another philosopher.

13. Montaigne is impressed by Roman dishes that are made of what material?
(a) Ceramics.
(b) Porcelain.
(c) Steel.
(d) Lead.

14. Which language, besides Latin, did Montaigne hear the mass given in during the holiday mass he observed at Saint Peter's?
(a) German.
(b) Italian.
(c) Greek.
(d) Etruscan.

15. Guiseppe was skilled in what area?
(a) Army logistics.
(b) Naval matters.
(c) Siege warfare.
(d) Engineering.

Short Answer Questions

1. What female features significantly in Montaigne's faith?

2. Montaigne says that the ancient writer that he discusses near the beginning of Book 3 of Essays: Chapter 11 is extremely what?

3. Montaigne says that the Roman dishes are superior to French dishes made of what?

4. Which historian does Montaigne discuss as having written one of the first official histories of Rome?

5. Montaigne discusses how a man named Clesius was promoted to what rank?

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