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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 - 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Political leaders.
(b) Serious subjects.
(c) Readers.
(d) Trivialities.

2. What does Erasmus request the recipient of his book to be?
(a) A persecutor of Folly.
(b) An editor of his book.
(c) A dedicated follower of Folly.
(d) A stout champion to Folly.

3. Who is the father of Folly?
(a) Plutus.
(b) Poseidon.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Zeus.

4. Whom did Erasmus make the narrator of his book?
(a) The pope.
(b) Folly.
(c) Virgil.
(d) More.

5. Folly states that a man must love whom in order to love anyone?
(a) Honor.
(b) His wife.
(c) Himself.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Folly, who would be disagreeable and disliked if not graced by her divine powers?

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

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

4. Folly's father is the god of what?

5. How does Folly claim she is delivering her speech?

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