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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How long was Guiseppe gone from his home country?
(a) 12 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 6 years.
2. What did Christ teach about the treatment of women?
(a) They should be treated as free people.
(b) They should be submissive to their husbands.
(c) They should have an equal place with men.
(d) They are superior to men in some ways.
3. What abstract concept does Montaigne say he would not marry?
(a) Faith.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Muse.
(d) Piety.
4. Montaigne is particularly interested in what quality of the waters of different regions?
(a) Hardness.
(b) Color.
(c) Clarity.
(d) Flavor.
5. Which ancient Greek philosopher had a great affect on Montaigne?
(a) Plato.
(b) Sophocles.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Aristotle.
6. In what month did Montaigne arrive in Rome?
(a) November.
(b) June.
(c) September.
(d) March.
7. In what month do the travels described in Travel Journal: Chapter 13 begin?
(a) October.
(b) June.
(c) April.
(d) February.
8. Montaigne's perspective causes him to focus on what?
(a) Moral and ethical issues.
(b) Personal relations.
(c) Social hierarchy.
(d) Causes and effects.
9. Montaigne's secretary favorably compares their lodgings in Rome to what location?
(a) The Rose.
(b) The Gilded Lilly.
(c) The Gold Vase.
(d) The Saucer.
10. Montaigne's view of the role of women was what?
(a) Reactionary.
(b) Progressive.
(c) Traditional.
(d) Conservative.
11. Book 3 of Essays contains how many essays?
(a) Five.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Fifty.
(d) Thirteen.
12. Montaigne says that the Roman dishes are superior to French dishes made of what?
(a) Copper.
(b) Clay.
(c) Wood.
(d) Pewter.
13. Most of the essays that follow Book 2 of Essays, Essay #12, Apology to Raymond Sebond center on what subject?
(a) Governance.
(b) Democracy and Republics.
(c) Thought and reasoning.
(d) Morality and ethics.
14. The journeys that Montaigne describes in his travel journal mostly occurred between what years?
(a) 1550 and 1551.
(b) 1520 and 1522.
(c) 1601 and 1603.
(d) 1580 and 1581.
15. Montaigne's perspective as a male is best described as which of the following?
(a) Understated.
(b) Unimportant.
(c) Standard.
(d) Exaggerated.
Short Answer Questions
1. What advantage does Montaigne say that women have in entering into marriage?
2. Montaigne describes a culture that recommends bathing how often?
3. What city did Guiseppe serve when Montaigne met him?
4. Montaigne treated women without what?
5. The first part of Montaigne's journal was actually written by whom?
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