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

3. In one of Montaigne's stories about mercy, what position does Conrad hold?
(a) King.
(b) General.
(c) Emperor.
(d) Captain.

4. Montaigne characterizes most of the "common people" as being what?
(a) Complacent.
(b) Idiots.
(c) Faithless.
(d) Followers.

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

6. What explanation is given for the unusual rule that Montaigne discusses in Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Essay #48?
(a) It comes from a bible passage.
(b) No reason is given.
(c) It is a tradition that no one understands.
(d) It derives from a mistranslation.

7. 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 neighbors.
(b) Its predators.
(c) Its climate conditions.
(d) Its food supply.

8. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 2, Essay #3, what city do the soldiers who were allowed to escape go on to attack?
(a) Syracuse.
(b) Athens.
(c) Vienna.
(d) Jerusalem.

9. Montaigne suggests that it is difficult to do what with war horses?
(a) Mount them.
(b) Tend them.
(c) Train them.
(d) Breed them.

10. How often does Montaigne criticize the book that he translated in his discussion of it?
(a) Occasionally.
(b) Very often.
(c) Never.
(d) His discussion is full of criticism.

11. Montaigne says that he could never do what with respect to his father?
(a) Deny him.
(b) Disobey him.
(c) Forget him.
(d) Speak poorly of him.

12. Montaigne responds to an argument that it is useless to defend Christianity from what standpoint?
(a) Historical analysis.
(b) Empiricism.
(c) Divine inspiration.
(d) Rationality.

13. How is Raymond Sebond related to the unusual book that Montaigne translated?
(a) He tried to censor it.
(b) He published it.
(c) He criticized it roundly.
(d) He wrote it.

14. What treatment of children by parents does Montaigne cite as leading to specific character traits?
(a) Violence.
(b) Scolding.
(c) Neglect.
(d) Apathy.

15. In Book 1 of Essays: Chapter 3, Essay #10, Montaigne notes that the people he discusses tend to leave scars with what type of surgical procedure?
(a) Stitching.
(b) Leeching.
(c) Cauterizing.
(d) Blood-letting.