Montaigne's 'Of Cannibals' is primarily concerned with which country?
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Correct answer: B. Brazil
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The Tupinambá of Brazil ('Antarctic France'). Shakespeare echoes the essay in Gonzalo's commonwealth speech in The Tempest.
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