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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 34 - 37.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Erasmus states that anyone who believes himself injured by Praise of Folly betrays what?
(a) A guilty conscience.
(b) Sensitivity.
(c) Pettiness.
(d) A moral awareness.

2. According to Erasmus, nothing is more entertaining than treating what in such a way as to make it clear you are doing anything but trifling with them?
(a) Readers.
(b) Political leaders.
(c) Serious subjects.
(d) Trivialities.

3. How does Folly describe the whole life of man?
(a) A novel.
(b) A stage play.
(c) Dust in the wind.
(d) A walk in the park.

4. According to Folly, who shows the way to perfect wisdom?
(a) Flattery.
(b) Folly.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Ignorance.

5. According to Folly, who would be disagreeable and disliked if not graced by her divine powers?
(a) The Sophists.
(b) The nobility.
(c) The gods.
(d) The Stoics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which god was given a name that means "foolish" in Greek?

2. Folly states that examples from what prove that flattery can be sincere?

3. According to Folly, to whom does life owe its beginning?

4. What does Folly state is necessary for a woman to agree to wedlock?

5. Folly believes that the happiest men use for their guide only whom?

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