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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book of Essays 2 : Chapter 8,.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Montaigne suggests that most war horses were not what?
(a) Well-bred.
(b) Disciplined.
(c) Sane.
(d) Tame.

2. What method of governance dominated Europe in Montaigne's time?
(a) Constitutional monarchy.
(b) Feudalism.
(c) Dictatorship.
(d) Parliamentary democracy.

3. Montaigne recommends that men not marry until they reach what age?
(a) 25.
(b) 34.
(c) 30.
(d) 40.

4. The creature that Montaigne discuss near the end of Book 2 of Essays: Chapter 7, Essay #12 is able to exert a limited control over what?
(a) Its food supply.
(b) Its climate conditions.
(c) Its neighbors.
(d) Its predators.

5. Montaigne suggests that it is difficult to do what with war horses?
(a) Breed them.
(b) Train them.
(c) Mount them.
(d) Tend them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Montaigne suggests that deceit requires a great deal of what?

2. In Book 2 of Essays, Essay #11, Montaigne contrasts virtue with what?

3. Montaigne characterizes most of the "common people" as being what?

4. What creature dose Montaigne discuss near the end of Book 2 of Essays: Chapter 7, Essay #12?

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

(see the answer key)

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