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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book of Essays 2 : Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Montaigne describes how soldiers sometimes do what in desperate times?
(a) Drink the blood of their horses.
(b) Trade their war horses for normal mounts.
(c) Eat their horses.
(d) Sell their horses and armor.

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

4. Which of the following does NOT well-classify the quotations that Montaigne uses throughout his essays?
(a) Numerous.
(b) Short.
(c) Diverse.
(d) Inexplicable.

5. Which philosopher does Montaigne most often quote?
(a) Lucretius.
(b) Terrence.
(c) Josephus.
(d) Locke.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion was Montaigne raised in?

2. The enemy that Conrad subdued in one of Montaigne's stories about mercy was from what nation?

3. Luther and Calvin were notable for helping to start what movement?

4. Who was the target audience of the social experiment that Montaigne discusses near the end of Book 2 of Essays: Chapter 8?

5. Most of the essays that follow Book 2 of Essays, Essay #12, Apology to Raymond Sebond center on what subject?

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