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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11 - 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the Prefatory Letter, Erasmus wrote The Praise of Folly on his journey to England from where?
(a) Italy.
(b) France.
(c) Germany.
(d) Greece.

2. Who said, "Happy the states where either philosophers are kings or kings are philosophers"?
(a) Plato.
(b) Homer.
(c) Lucian.
(d) Aristotle.

3. What does Zeus have to put aside in order to make a child?
(a) His divinity and anger.
(b) His previous wife.
(c) His thunderbolt and grimness.
(d) His cloak and dagger.

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

5. What is the least deceptive mirror of the mind?
(a) Looks.
(b) Actions.
(c) Eyes.
(d) Speech.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Folly is in poor repute even amongst whom?

3. Which soldier was "as cowardly in battle as he was skilled in speech-making"?

4. According to Folly, what kind of man is unlucky in regards to children?

5. Which two nymphs nursed Folly?

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