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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Folly states that men create art because of a thirst for what?
(a) Fame.
(b) Money.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Independence.

2. What does the name "Bishop" mean?
(a) Deceiver.
(b) Savior.
(c) Overseer.
(d) Fool.

3. Among the learned men, whom does Folly call the most self-satisfied?
(a) Lawyers.
(b) Merchants.
(c) Schoolmasters.
(d) Poets.

4. What does Folly say that the stoics degrade in public?
(a) Pleasure.
(b) Sophistry.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Friendship.

5. How does Folly describe the schools where schoolmasters teach?
(a) Quiet places of study.
(b) Citadels of wisdom.
(c) Treadmills and torture chambers.
(d) Storehouses of knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Erasmus complains that many people find jokes against popes and princes more offensive than what?

2. According to Folly, who despises money?

3. Folly dresses in unaccustomed garb because she is imitating whom?

4. What does Erasmus request the recipient of his book to be?

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

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