Complete Works: Essays, Travel Journal, Letters Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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Complete Works: Essays, Travel Journal, Letters Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2 of Essays : Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Montaigne says that a fabricated storyline must be what?
(a) Consistent.
(b) Predictable.
(c) Ordinary.
(d) Unremarkable.

2. Montaigne acknowledges that it is less of a vice to lie in order to avoid which of the following?
(a) Rudeness.
(b) Awkwardness.
(c) Embarrassment.
(d) Appearing ignorant.

3. In Book 2 of Essays, Essay #11, Montaigne contrasts virtue with what?
(a) Kindness.
(b) Permissiveness.
(c) Cruelty.
(d) Vice.

4. What philosopher does Montaigne quote briefly on the subject of authority?
(a) Locke.
(b) Terence.
(c) Descartes.
(d) Hume.

5. What was Montaigne's father's opinion on education?
(a) He thought it was too expensive.
(b) He valued it.
(c) He thought it was only for the middle class.
(d) He dismissed it.

Short Answer Questions

1. In one of Montaigne's stories about mercy, what position does Conrad hold?

2. The noble who is discussed in Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 4, Essay #46 organizes his dinner guests according to what?

3. Montaigne suggests that a kindly person goes through life inclined towards what?

4. In one of Montaigne's stories, the man named Parmenio has to awaken whom?

5. What character trait does Montaigne say are specifically brought about by a particular treatment of children by parents?

(see the answer key)

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