Michel de Montaigne - Quiz
A) 1597 B) 1570 C) 1592 D) 1580
A) 59 B) 72 C) 50 D) 65
A) Convent des Feuillants B) Château de Montaigne C) Saint Antoine D) Bordeaux
A) A peritonsillar abscess B) A fever C) Pneumonia D) A stroke
A) Blindness B) Paralysis of the tongue C) Loss of hearing D) Deafness
A) Taste and smell B) Memory and reason C) Touch and movement D) Hearing and voice
A) A baptism B) A wedding C) A Mass D) A funeral
A) The Convent des Feuillants directly B) The church of Saint Antoine at Bordeaux C) Paris D) The Château de Montaigne
A) 1580 B) 1570 C) 1592 D) 1597
A) A political biography B) A large collection of short, subjective essays C) A textbook on mathematics D) A collection of poetry
A) Plutarch and Lucretius B) Seneca and Cicero C) Homer and Virgil D) Plato and Aristotle
A) To describe humans, and especially himself, with complete frankness B) To create laws for the French government C) To prove the absolute certainty of human knowledge D) To teach children how to read the classics
A) Its great variety and volatility B) Its emotional stability C) Its constant search for absolute truth D) Its unchanging desire for fame
A) His poor memory B) His deep emotional involvement in conflicts C) His love for passionate romance D) His excellent mathematical skills
A) With disdain B) As a requirement for happiness C) With great admiration D) As the ultimate goal in life
A) Indifference B) Enthusiastic support C) Disgust D) Active participation
A) Humans can attain it through intense study B) It is found only in the classics C) Humans are unable to attain true certainty D) Tutors can easily teach it to children
A) On Experience B) On the Education of Children C) Apology for Raymond Sebond D) On Pedantry
A) Pyrrhonism B) Platonism C) Epicureanism D) Stoicism
A) To be or not to be B) Know thyself C) I think, therefore I am D) What do I know?
A) For attaining absolute certainty B) For raising children C) For achieving enduring fame D) For gaining political power
A) He considered them necessary for a successful life B) He praised them as the highest form of human experience C) He disliked them because he saw them as detrimental to freedom D) He encouraged them in child education
A) Uncritical obedience B) Book learning and rote memorization C) Concrete examples and experience D) Accepting classical texts as absolute truth
A) Raymond Sebond B) Plutarch C) Diana of Foix D) Lucretius
A) Seneca B) Plato C) William Shakespeare D) Francis Bacon
A) 1597 B) 1570 C) 1592 D) 1580
A) Observations on human anatomy B) Observations on topics in psychology C) Observations on planetary motion D) Observations on chemical reactions
A) Agricultural techniques B) Thought, motivation, fear, and happiness C) Quantum mechanics and gravity D) Economic markets and trade
A) "On Fame" and "On Certainty" B) "On the Education of Children", "On Pedantry", and "On Experience" C) "On Marriage" and "On Freedom" D) "Apology for Raymond Sebond" and "Essays"
A) It allowed students to speak first during tutoring B) It encouraged children to question absolute truths C) It emphasized travel and practical experience too much D) It focused on reading classics and learning only through books
A) Through personal travel and practice B) As a subject for debate and discussion C) As flexible opinions to be doubted D) As absolute truth without opportunity to question
A) Accept it on the mere authority of the tutor B) Follow Aristotle's principles blindly C) Memorize it word for word from a book D) Take it and make it their own
A) Only the successful tutors B) Only the active learners C) Only the fools D) Only the classical authors
A) Seneca B) Dante C) Aristotle D) Plato
A) Dante B) Plato C) Lucretius D) Seneca
A) Plundering flowers to make honey that is purely their own B) Planting seeds to grow identical trees C) Collecting stones to build an unmovable wall D) Weaving a net to catch floating thoughts
A) Having a large library of books B) The selection of a good tutor C) Attending a formal convent school D) Memorizing Aristotle's principles
A) At the student's pace B) Quickly to ensure maximum memorization C) As fast as possible through rote learning D) According to a strict book schedule
A) Lecturing without interruption B) Allowing the student to speak first C) Demanding uncritical obedience D) Reading exclusively from the classics
A) To establish the absolute truth of Aristotle B) To test the student's ability to repeat book knowledge C) To force students to memorize the tutor's opinions D) To create an environment in which students would teach themselves
A) To confess a flaw discovered in one's own argument B) To defend a bad position at the height of ardor C) To blindly follow the opinions of Plato D) To accept information on mere authority
A) To memorize books without questioning B) To change one's mind, correct oneself, and give up a bad position C) To follow another person's precepts blindly D) To maintain certainty and refuse to doubt
A) Universal acceptance of classical doctrines B) Individualised learning where a student forms a unique perspective C) Standardized testing of rote memorization D) Strict adherence to the tutor's exact viewpoint
A) It must be controlled by strict authority B) It can serve as an important teaching tool when exploring subjects of genuine interest C) It is a distraction from rote memorization D) It should be suppressed in favor of book learning
A) Passive obedience B) Experience C) Absolute certainty D) Memorization
A) Successful individuals who lead interactive lives B) Active learners capable of independent thought C) Passive adults, uncritically obedient and unable to think independently D) Philosophers with rare and strong qualities
A) Attending lectures at the Convent des Feuillants B) Practice, travel, and human interaction C) Studying the works of Raymond Sebond D) Reading classics and memorizing precepts
A) To help a student achieve enduring fame and worldly success B) To teach a student how to lead a successful life by practising an active and socially interactive lifestyle C) To train a student in the traditions of Pyrrhonism D) To ensure a student can recite Aristotle without error
A) 1565 B) 1558 C) 1570 D) 1580
A) A childhood romance B) A courtly match C) Arranged D) A secret marriage
A) Two B) Six C) Four D) Eight
A) Léonor B) Jeanne C) Marie D) Françoise
A) Second-born B) The youngest C) Third-born D) First-born
A) Index Librorum Prohibitorum B) Theologia naturalis C) Essais D) Prologue
A) 1568 B) 1565 C) 1571 D) 1580
A) 1565 B) 1571 C) 1580 D) 1570
A) 1568 B) 1571 C) 1580 D) 1595
A) 1,500 volumes B) 5,000 volumes C) 10,000 volumes D) 500 volumes
A) The tragedy B) The essay C) The novel D) The epic poem
A) Que sais-je? B) Marrano C) Essais D) Château de Montaigne
A) "Liberty and delight" B) "Que sais-je?" C) "Que sçay-je?" D) "I am myself the matter of my book"
A) Gascony B) Guyenne (Aquitaine) C) Zaragoza D) Paris
A) 1533 B) 1592 C) 1477 D) 1539
A) Gascony B) Italy C) Bordeaux D) Zaragoza
A) Horstanus B) Antoinette López de Villanueva C) George Buchanan D) Honorette Dupuy
A) Once B) Numerous times C) Twice D) Zero times
A) French B) German C) Latin D) Greek
A) Doctor B) Mayor C) Merchant D) Soldier
A) 1546 B) 1539 C) 1557 D) 1477
A) Pedro López B) George Buchanan C) Horstanus D) Pierre Eyquem
A) Sixteen B) Thirteen C) Ten D) Twenty
A) 1546 B) 1592 C) 1539 D) 1557
A) Music B) Law C) Theology D) Medicine
A) Court des Aides B) Parlement of Bordeaux C) Court of Charles IX D) Order of Saint Michael
A) Four years B) Three years C) Five years D) Two years
A) 1571 postface edition B) 1595 'Bordeaux Copy' C) 1588 personal edition D) First edition of the Essays
A) Once every three centuries B) Once in a lifetime C) Once every generation D) Once every decade
A) 1595 B) 1557 C) 1563 D) 1588
A) Old age B) Battle wounds from the siege of Rouen C) Poisoning during political unrest D) Plague or tuberculosis
A) Étienne de La Boétie B) Charles IX C) Donald M. Frame D) The Court des Aides
A) King Charles IX B) The reader C) Montaigne's father D) The King of Navarre
A) Calvinist B) Roman Catholic C) Protestant D) Lutheran
A) 1581 B) 1588 C) 1578 D) 1580
A) Bordeaux B) Bagni di Lucca C) Loreto D) Vatican
A) 1689 B) 1588 C) 1774 D) 1581
A) Sisto Fabri B) Marie de Gournay C) King Henry III D) Pope Gregory XIII
A) 20 March 1578 B) 20 March 1581 C) 15 July 1583 D) 10 October 1588
A) The Reformation B) The Madonna C) The Holy House D) Fortuna
A) Henry of Navarre B) Pope Gregory XIII C) King Henry III D) Julian the Apostate
A) Bordeaux B) Lucca C) Loreto D) Paris
A) 1581 B) 1585 C) 1588 D) 1583
A) 1589 B) 1583 C) 1585 D) 1586
A) 1581 B) 1585 C) 1588 D) 1774
A) 1585 B) 1588 C) 1581 D) 1589
A) The Vatican B) The politiques C) The Reformation D) The Holy League
A) William Shakespeare B) Ralph Waldo Emerson C) Erasmus D) Blaise Pascal
A) John Florio B) Edward Capell C) Ralph Waldo Emerson D) William Hazlitt
A) Erich Auerbach B) Edward Capell C) John Florio D) William Shakespeare
A) King Lear B) Hamlet C) Macbeth D) The Tempest
A) Virgil B) Erasmus C) Aristotle D) Plutarch |
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