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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In one of Montaigne's stories, the people who have a kind of social experiment performed on them are what?
(a) Servants.
(b) Beggars.
(c) Factory workers.
(d) Travelers.

3. Montaigne believes that not all vices are what?
(a) Harmful.
(b) Unjustified.
(c) Evil.
(d) Equal.

4. What does Montaigne suggest is essential in order for a person to lead a good life?
(a) A strong family.
(b) Parental affection.
(c) Discipline.
(d) Religious dedication.

5. What religion did Montaigne's mother belong to?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Islam.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Protestantism.

6. In one of Montaigne's stories, the man who performs a kind of social experiment on people of a lower social station had what profession?
(a) Psychologist.
(b) Politician.
(c) Judge.
(d) Scholar.

7. What subject does the first essay from Book 2 center on?
(a) Governance.
(b) Vice.
(c) Human behavior.
(d) Virtues.

8. At the time that Montaigne was engaged in his translation of the unusual book, what philosophy was gaining significant popularity?
(a) Predestination.
(b) Empiricism.
(c) Calvinism.
(d) Lutheranism.

9. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Essay #10, Montaigne says that the people he discusses view scars as marks of what?
(a) Strength.
(b) Bravery.
(c) Experience.
(d) Beauty.

10. How does Montaigne say that father's generally view the flaws of their sons?
(a) They blow them out of proportion.
(b) They disapprove strongly of them.
(c) They can never disregard them.
(d) They ignore them.

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

12. How is Raymond Sebond related to the unusual book that Montaigne translated?
(a) He tried to censor it.
(b) He wrote it.
(c) He criticized it roundly.
(d) He published it.

13. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Essay #10, Montaigne discussed the cultural practices of what people?
(a) The Arabs.
(b) The Jews.
(c) The Egyptians.
(d) The Turks.

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

15. What language was the unusual book that Montaigne's father came into possession of written in?
(a) French.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Latin.
(d) Italian.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What religion was Montaigne raised in?

3. Who is the father of the noble who is discussed in Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 4, Essay #46?

4. What factor tends to restrict the conditions for women?

5. While Montaigne was in office in Bordeaux, what system experienced major problems?

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