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