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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. What creature dose Montaigne discuss near the end of Book 2 of Essays: Chapter 7, Essay #12?
(a) The hedgehog.
(b) The raccoon.
(c) The mole.
(d) The rat.

2. Montaigne suggests that the difference between a man and an animal is less than the difference between a man and what?
(a) God.
(b) An ape.
(c) A woman.
(d) Another man.

3. The creature that Montaigne discuss near the end of Book 2 of Essays: Chapter 7, Essay #12 is known for building what?
(a) Mounds.
(b) Hills.
(c) Burrows.
(d) Nests.

4. Montaigne suggests that a kindly person goes through life inclined towards what?
(a) Further kindliness.
(b) Slow moral degradation.
(c) Sloth.
(d) Virtue.

5. In one of Montaigne's stories, the man named Parmenio has to awaken whom?
(a) Julius Caesar.
(b) Caesar Augustus.
(c) Hannibal.
(d) Alexander the Great.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 2, Montaigne describes how the prince of what region gained control over part of France?

2. In one of Montaigne's stories, the people who have a kind of social experiment performed on them are what?

3. What major disease hit Bordeaux while Montaigne was in office there?

4. The philosopher that Montaigne quotes on the subject of authority believes that authority is most secure when derived from what source?

5. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 2, Essays #4 and #5, Montaigne says that many consider deceit to be an essential part of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Montaigne's general attitude towards marriage?

2. What decision does the soldier have to make in Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 2, Essay #3?

3. Why does Montaigne discuss swaddling clothes?

4. What was the unusual book that Montaigne translated for his father?

5. How does Montaigne suggest that virtue is different from kindliness?

6. What is Montaigne's opinion of war horses in general?

7. Why does Montaigne believe that solitude is important?

8. What does Montaigne say about the difference between a man and an animal.

9. What occurrence that is related to Sebond's work does Montaigne say he is proud of?

10. What method does Montaigne use to discuss Sebond's work?

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