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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. Which philosopher does Montaigne most often quote?
(a) Terrence.
(b) Josephus.
(c) Lucretius.
(d) Locke.
2. What important female leader was a native of Montaigne's nation?
(a) Joan of Arc.
(b) Dido.
(c) Queen Isabelle.
(d) Queen Elizabeth.
3. What famous work by St. Thomas Aquinas significantly affects Montaigne?
(a) Invictus Spiritus.
(b) Sidereus Nuncius.
(c) Magna Boerelia.
(d) Summa Theologica.
4. What was the main motivation of the journeys that Montaigne describes in his travel journal?
(a) Curiosity.
(b) Fame.
(c) Religious pilgrimage.
(d) Profit.
5. Which historian does Montaigne discuss as having written one of the first official histories of Rome?
(a) Pliny.
(b) Livicitus.
(c) Cato.
(d) Livy.
Short Answer Questions
1. The historical essay near the end of Book 2 of Essays centers around what ancient civilization?
2. What abstract concept does Montaigne say he would not marry?
3. What does Montaigne believe about action and words?
4. How does Montaigne describe the useful substance that can be gathered from some public water?
5. In what month do the travels described in Travel Journal: Chapter 13 begin?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to the note at the beginning of Book 3 of Essays: Chapter 12, why is the editor interested in Montaigne's travel journals?
2. What did the notorious criminal Catena once force two men to do before he killed them?
3. What is Montaigne's general perspective?
4. Why did Montaigne undertake his travels?
5. What was Montaigne interested in learning about in Trent?
6. What does Montaigne say about truth?
7. Why did Montaigne write his travel journals?
8. Why do the Genoese keep Guiseppe locked up?
9. Overall, what is Montaigne's writing style like?
10. What qualities interest Montaigne about public water?
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