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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which poet wrote, "For ignorance provides the happiest life"?
(a) Aquinas.
(b) Plato.
(c) Homer.
(d) Sophocles.

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

3. Which wise man was driven to drink hemlock because of wisdom?
(a) Augustine.
(b) Plato.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Aristotle.

4. Who considers themselves gods on earth if they can use Greek words in their speeches?
(a) Professors.
(b) Sophists.
(c) Rhetoricians.
(d) English.

5. Erasmus marvels that present-day ears can bear to hear only what?
(a) Serious prose.
(b) Pedantic poetry.
(c) Honorific titles.
(d) Music.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Folly say that babies have that rewards those who look after them?

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?

3. What is the best name for those who are complete fools, but try to pass as wise men?

4. What does Zeus have to put aside in order to make a child?

5. Erasmus answers the charge that he is too sarcastic by saying that ________ has always enjoyed freedom to exercise their wit on the common life of man.

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