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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unknown in the place of Folly's birth?
(a) Harsh words or war.
(b) Toil, old age, and sickness.
(c) Youth, immaturity, and pain.
(d) Gardens.

2. According to Folly, what kind of man is unlucky in regards to children?
(a) Impulsive.
(b) Wise.
(c) Foolish.
(d) Indulgent.

3. Folly says that to be foolish is not to be miserable, but to be what?
(a) Wise.
(b) Neglected.
(c) Human.
(d) Divine.

4. What happens when Folly begins addressing the crowd?
(a) They become mad.
(b) They fall asleep.
(c) They become cheerful.
(d) They start jeering.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Folly say that the stoics degrade in public?

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

3. To what does Folly recall the elderly?

4. What is the Greek word for "folly"?

5. Folly states that a man must be what in order to be a father?

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