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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. While Montaigne was in office in Bordeaux, what system experienced major problems?
(a) The canal system.
(b) The highway system.
(c) The aqueduct system.
(d) The sewage system.

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

4. What religion did Montaigne's mother belong to?
(a) Protestantism.
(b) Catholicism.
(c) Judaism.
(d) Islam.

5. The noble who is discussed in Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 4, Essay #46 holds what position?
(a) King.
(b) Duke.
(c) Regent.
(d) Prince.

Short Answer Questions

1. What religion was Montaigne raised in?

2. What does the unusual rule Montaigne discusses in Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Essay #48 stipulate?

3. What was unusual about what Gutenburg did with bibles?

4. The noble who is discussed in Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 4, Essay #46 rules what region?

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

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