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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who speaks at the beginning of The Praise of Folly?
(a) Folly.
(b) Praise.
(c) More.
(d) Homer.

2. Folly's father is the god of what?
(a) Riches.
(b) War.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) Peace.

3. Whom does Folly consider her sister?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Self-love.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) Ignorance.

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

5. What is the Greek word for "folly"?
(a) Utopia.
(b) Follia.
(c) Moria.
(d) Levity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Erasmus states that his praise of folly has not been altogether what?

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

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Folly say that Jupiter bestows passion and reason to man?

2. Why did Erasmus dedicate his book to Thomas More?

3. Describe Folly's birthplace.

4. Does Folly have a good opinion of the children of wise men?

5. What does Folly say is the happiest age of man, and why?

6. Why did Erasmus ask More to be a champion of Folly?

7. What does Folly say about emotions in relation to wisdom?

8. Did Erasmus consider The Praise of Folly too frivolous for a theologian?

9. How does Folly explain that Self-love is related to her?

10. How long did Folly say she spent writing her speech?

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