Complete Works: Essays, Travel Journal, Letters Test | Final Test - Easy

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Complete Works: Essays, Travel Journal, Letters Test | Final Test - Easy

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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) 6 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 1 year.

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

3. In Travel Journal: Chapter 15, the writer makes special note of the regional differences in what?
(a) Wine.
(b) Food.
(c) Water.
(d) Ale.

4. Montaigne's secretary notes near the end of Travel Journal: Chapter 13, that the region they are in was once controlled by what nation?
(a) Turkey.
(b) Germany.
(c) Wales.
(d) The papal states.

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

6. In his writing, Montaigne avoids becoming excessively what?
(a) Vulgar.
(b) Literary.
(c) Familiar.
(d) Extemporaneous.

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

8. In Travel Journal: Chapter 13, Montaigne describes a priest who speaks what out-of-place language as part of his services?
(a) German.
(b) English.
(c) Turkish.
(d) Italian.

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

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

11. What is Montaigne's opinion of his own performance as a husband compared to his expectations?
(a) He surpassed his expectations.
(b) He failed to meet his expectations.
(c) He just barely met his expectations.
(d) His performance was totally different from his expectations.

12. The unfinished church that Montaigne visits is to be called what?
(a) Church of the Blessed Trinity.
(b) St. Paul's Cathedral.
(c) Church of Our Lady.
(d) Our Lady of Eternal Sacrifice.

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

14. Montaigne writes that a wife should treat her husband as if he were what?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her master.
(c) Her pet.
(d) An equal.

15. Most of the essays that follow Book 2 of Essays, Essay #12, Apology to Raymond Sebond center on what subject?
(a) Thought and reasoning.
(b) Morality and ethics.
(c) Governance.
(d) Democracy and Republics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Montaigne writes that people from what nation were often relied upon to establish and maintain social order?

2. What did Christ teach about the treatment of women?

3. In what month did the first part of Montaigne's journey start?

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

5. Montaigne visits what type of a religious site dedicated to St. George?

(see the answer keys)

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