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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many famous women does Montaigne quote in his books of essays?
(a) None.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.
2. What method of governance dominated Europe in Montaigne's time?
(a) Constitutional monarchy.
(b) Feudalism.
(c) Dictatorship.
(d) Parliamentary democracy.
3. Montaigne says that he feels what way with regards to knowing one individual who was brought back to Christianity due to the arguments in the book he discusses in Book 2 of Essay's: Chapter 7?
(a) Proud.
(b) Disappointed.
(c) Shocked.
(d) Unsurprised.
4. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Essay #48, Montaigne discusses an unusual rule instituted by knights of what nation?
(a) Spain.
(b) Italy.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.
5. What philosopher did Montaigne believe to have been a major influence on the unusual book that he translated?
(a) St. Thomas Aquinas.
(b) John Locke.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Demosthenes.
Short Answer Questions
1. The noble who is discussed in Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 4, Essay #46 holds a feast for whom?
2. Near the end of Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Montaigne discusses two men who suffer from what?
3. In one of Montaigne's stories, the man who performs a kind of social experiment on people of a lower social station had what profession?
4. In one of Montaigne's stories, the people who have a kind of social experiment performed on them are what?
5. What type of argument does Montaigne make regarding the book that he discusses in Book 2 of Essays: Chapter 7, Essay #12?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was the cause of most religious wars in Europe in Montaigne's time?
2. What was Montaigne's general attitude towards marriage?
3. How does Montaigne suggest that a liar can be caught?
4. What effects does Montaigne say that bravery can bring about in the enemy?
5. How does Montaigne believe that judgment about lying are influenced by motive?
6. Why does Montaigne believe that solitude is important?
7. What does Montaigne say about the difference between a man and an animal.
8. What does Montaigne say about marriage near the end of Book 2 of Essays: Chapter 5?
9. Why does Montaigne say that parental affection is important for a child's development?
10. Why was Montaigne arrested in Paris in 1588?
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