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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Travel Journal : Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The apocryphal slaying that St. George performed is a reference to him overcoming what?
(a) Sin.
(b) An enemy army.
(c) Pagan beliefs.
(d) Temptation.

2. Montaigne suggests that what element of child-rearing common in his own time is not necessary?
(a) A crib.
(b) Pacifiers.
(c) Swaddling clothes.
(d) Strollers.

3. What does Montaigne say about how bad a vice lying is in general?
(a) It is not necessarily a vice.
(b) It is unavoidable.
(c) It is not as bad as most believe.
(d) It is worse than it may seem.

4. Montaigne's sees which of the following as being the role of a man?
(a) Intellectual pursuit.
(b) Leadership.
(c) Subdominance.
(d) Cooperation.

5. Montaigne's writing does not appear to be what?
(a) Condescending.
(b) Respectful.
(c) Approachable.
(d) Conventional.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Essay #10, Montaigne notes that the people he discusses tend to leave scars with what type of surgical procedure?

2. At the time that Montaigne was engaged in his translation of the unusual book, what philosophy was gaining significant popularity?

3. How often does Montaigne criticize the book that he translated in his discussion of it?

4. Which of the following does NOT well-classify the quotations that Montaigne uses throughout his essays?

5. Montaigne says that he feels what way with regards to knowing one individual who was brought back to Christianity due to the arguments in the book he discusses in Book 2 of Essay's: Chapter 7?

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