Montaigne

From where come the cannibals Montaigne discusses?

America in Montaigne's day

True or False: Montaigne's Essays is one of the earliest examples of the novel form.

FALSE

Which of these best summarizes Montaigne's idea of imagination?

People's imagination can directly affect their bodies.

Which one or more of the following types of material does Montaigne discuss in the body of each of his essays?

Scholarly references to and quotations of classical history and literature

What does Montaigne mean when he writes, "I think there is more barbarity in eating a man alive than in eating him dead"?

The Europeans are actually more barbaric than the cannibals.

In the essay "Of Cannibals," what is Montaigne's opinion of the people referred to in the title?

They are only barbaric in the sense that they are different from Europeans.

What did the three cannibals who came to France find amazing there?

They had never seen a disparity between wealth and poverty before.

Which of the following is the best description of the cannibalistic practices Montaigne discusses?

They kill and eat only prisoners of war from other tribes.

Which of the following most accurately portrays Montaigne's idea of individual human identity?

We are mostly like one another and have uncertain identities

Which of the following terms best describes the theme of the Essays?

meditations on personal identity and mankind in general