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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 24-33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Folly consider more foolish than men?
(a) Gods.
(b) Women.
(c) Nymphs.
(d) Animals.

2. What does Folly say everyone finds delightful about adolescence?
(a) Life.
(b) Folly.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Energy.

3. How does Folly describe the schools where schoolmasters teach?
(a) Quiet places of study.
(b) Storehouses of knowledge.
(c) Citadels of wisdom.
(d) Treadmills and torture chambers.

4. What does Folly state is necessary for a woman to agree to wedlock?
(a) Madness.
(b) Deception.
(c) Love.
(d) Force.

5. In Folly's opinion, no one would be induced to take on the duties of a king without what?
(a) Chivalry.
(b) Honor.
(c) Folly.
(d) A noble heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which insect does Folly consider happy for following its natural instincts?

2. The people of which age lived happily without science or learning?

3. According to Folly, members of the church hierarchy leave everything to devote themselves to what?

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

5. About whom is Folly speaking in the following: "They pay high tribute to folly in believing that what can't be refuted by argument can often be parried by laughter."

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