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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 - 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. If someone could look down upon the life of man as Jove does, what does Folly say he would see?
(a) Ease and comfort.
(b) Many disasters.
(c) Great folly.
(d) Many blessings.

3. Which soldier was "as cowardly in battle as he was skilled in speech-making"?
(a) Erasmus.
(b) Demosthenes.
(c) Cicero.
(d) Quintilian.

4. Who does Folly say makes men satisfied with themselves?
(a) Deception.
(b) Madness.
(c) Contentment.
(d) Self-love.

5. Whom does Folly consider happier than Odysseus (also known as Ulysses)?
(a) Gryllus.
(b) Athena.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Penelope.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Prefatory Letter, Erasmus wrote The Praise of Folly on his journey to England from where?

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

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

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

5. Folly believes that medicine and law are an aspect of what?

(see the answer key)

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