2. Who was the target audience of the social experiment that Montaigne discusses near the end of Book 2 of Essays: Chapter 8?
(a) The aristocracy.
(b) The nobility.
(c) The upper class.
(d) The working class.

3. The unusual book that Montaigne's father came into possession of was written using the words endings from what language?
(a) Italian.
(b) Latin.
(c) Spanish.
(d) French.

4. Near the end of Book 2 of Essays: Chapter 8, Montaigne discusses how and whether what type of results should be brought about?
(a) Good.
(b) Evil.
(c) Philanthropic.
(d) Greedy.

5. What does Montaigne say about how bad a vice lying is in general?
(a) It is worse than it may seem.
(b) It is not necessarily a vice.
(c) It is unavoidable.
(d) It is not as bad as most believe.

6. Montaigne suggests that deceit requires a great deal of what?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Tenacity.
(c) Memory.
(d) Bravery.

7. In Book 2 of Essays, Essay #11, Montaigne contrasts virtue with what?
(a) Vice.
(b) Cruelty.
(c) Permissiveness.
(d) Kindness.

8. Montaigne suggests that what element of child-rearing common in his own time is not necessary?
(a) A crib.
(b) Pacifiers.
(c) Strollers.
(d) Swaddling clothes.

9. Who is the father of the noble who is discussed in Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 4, Essay #46?
(a) King Henry II of England.
(b) King Ferdinand of Normandy.
(c) King Gustav of Germany.
(d) King Phillip of Spain.

10. What philosopher does Montaigne quote briefly on the subject of authority?
(a) Terence.
(b) Locke.
(c) Descartes.
(d) Hume.

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) Vienna.
(b) Jerusalem.
(c) Athens.
(d) Syracuse.

12. What philosopher did Montaigne believe to have been a major influence on the unusual book that he translated?
(a) John Locke.
(b) St. Thomas Aquinas.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Demosthenes.

13. The creature that Montaigne discuss near the end of Book 2 of Essays: Chapter 7, Essay #12 is able to exert a limited control over what?
(a) Its food supply.
(b) Its predators.
(c) Its neighbors.
(d) Its climate conditions.

14. The noble who is discussed in Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 4, Essay #46 organizes his dinner guests according to what?
(a) Height.
(b) Surname.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Area of land owned.

15. Which of the following does NOT well-classify the quotations that Montaigne uses throughout his essays?
(a) Inexplicable.
(b) Short.
(c) Numerous.
(d) Diverse.