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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 all religions are essentially what?
(a) Defensible.
(b) Equal.
(c) Inconsistent.
(d) Ridiculous.

2. Luther and Calvin were notable for helping to start what movement?
(a) The French revolution.
(b) The Protestant revolution.
(c) The magna carta.
(d) The English civil war.

3. In Montaigne's story about the man leading a large number of troops, what moves the man to act with mercy?
(a) Children praying for mercy.
(b) Monks praying in a church.
(c) A group of women about to kill themselves.
(d) Three holdouts fighting bravely.

4. The noble who is discussed in Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 4, Essay #46 organizes his dinner guests according to what?
(a) Height.
(b) Surname.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Area of land owned.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The "truth" that Montaigne speaks of in the essay in Book 2 of Essays, "Of Repentance" is best described as what?

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

4. Montaigne suggests that most war horses were not what?

5. What famous work by St. Thomas Aquinas significantly affects Montaigne?

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