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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. At the time that Montaigne was engaged in his translation of the unusual book, what philosophy was gaining significant popularity?
(a) Calvinism.
(b) Empiricism.
(c) Lutheranism.
(d) Predestination.

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

3. What subject does the first essay from Book 2 center on?
(a) Virtues.
(b) Governance.
(c) Human behavior.
(d) Vice.

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

5. What decision does Conrad make in one of Montaigne's stories about mercy?
(a) To forgo a series of executions.
(b) To let the defeated enemy leader live.
(c) To let the women and children go.
(d) To release every tenth prisoner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What philosopher does Montaigne quote briefly on the subject of authority?

2. How is Raymond Sebond related to the unusual book that Montaigne translated?

3. What subject does the first introduction for this book cover?

4. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Essay #10, Montaigne notes that the people he discusses tend to leave scars with what type of surgical procedure?

5. What religion did Montaigne's mother belong to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Montaigne believe that judgment about lying are influenced by motive?

2. What is strange about the way Feudalism tends to divide territory?

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

4. Why does Montaigne use few quotations from women in his essays?

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

6. What was the cause of most religious wars in Europe in Montaigne's time?

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

8. Why does Montaigne discuss swaddling clothes?

9. What problem does Henry, the duke of Normandy, experience in one of Montaigne's stories?

10. What was the goal of the social experiment that Montaigne describes near the end of Book 2 of Essays: Chapter 8?

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