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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 5, Letters : Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 predators.
(c) Its climate conditions.
(d) Its neighbors.

2. Book 3 of Essays contains how many essays?
(a) Five.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Fifty.

3. The first part of Montaigne's journal was actually written by whom?
(a) His secretary.
(b) Another philosopher.
(c) His wife.
(d) His long-time friend.

4. In one of Montaigne's stories about mercy, what position does Conrad hold?
(a) King.
(b) General.
(c) Captain.
(d) Emperor.

5. What type of argument does Montaigne make regarding the book that he discusses in Book 2 of Essays: Chapter 7, Essay #12?
(a) Elective.
(b) Extemporaneous.
(c) Didactic.
(d) Discursive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Montaigne say the substance that can be gathered from some public water sources can be used for?

2. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Essay #10, Montaigne says that the people he discusses view scars as marks of what?

3. What city-state in Greece was notable for supporting a matriarchal society for a long time in Greece?

4. What religion did Montaigne's mother belong to?

5. About what percentage of Bordeaux's population died as a result of the major disease that hit it while Montaigne was in office there?

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