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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book of Essays 3 : Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 2, Essay #3, what city do the soldiers who were allowed to escape go on to attack?
(a) Athens.
(b) Syracuse.
(c) Jerusalem.
(d) Vienna.

2. What advantage does Montaigne say that women have in entering into marriage?
(a) They have significantly greater social standing once married.
(b) They are well-educated about it.
(c) They have many modern rights.
(d) They are psychologically equipped for it.

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

4. Montaigne characterizes most of the "common people" as being what?
(a) Faithless.
(b) Complacent.
(c) Idiots.
(d) Followers.

5. Montaigne's general attitude towards women was what?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Dislike.
(c) Respect.
(d) Tolerance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Montaigne treated women without what?

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

3. The relationship that Montaigne warned against was common among what ancient people?

4. What scholar is quoted in the opening of Book 2 of Essays: Essay #1?

5. Montaigne writes that a wife should guard against her husband, regarding him as if he were what?

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