The Praise of Folly Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Folly praise?
(a) Rhetoricians.
(b) The king.
(c) Herself.
(d) Erasmus.

2. According to Folly, who stretch the Holy Scriptures like a tanner with a hide?
(a) Theologians.
(b) Priests.
(c) Folly.
(d) Rhetoricians.

3. To what does Folly recall the elderly?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Middle Age.
(c) Childhood.
(d) Fantasies.

4. Folly states that Christ's disciples were told not to use what in defending themselves?
(a) Foolishness.
(b) Witty answers.
(c) God's wisdom.
(d) Their own intelligence.

5. To whom does God reveal the mystery of salvation, according to Folly?
(a) Little children.
(b) Rhetoricians, orators, and Stoics.
(c) The wise.
(d) Lawyers and theologians.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Folly's opinion, no one would be induced to take on the duties of a king without what?

2. Who does Folly say makes men satisfied with themselves?

3. What does Folly say that the stoics degrade in public?

4. What grows in the place of Folly's birth?

5. How many statues does Folly have?

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