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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Folly, what is the seed and source of all deeds which win praise?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Anger.
(c) War.
(d) Vanity.

2. Which animal does Folly pity for being made to work with men?
(a) The dog.
(b) The ox.
(c) The donkey.
(d) The horse.

3. Whom does Folly praise?
(a) Herself.
(b) The king.
(c) Rhetoricians.
(d) Erasmus.

4. Who can speak the truth without giving offense, according to Folly?
(a) Fools.
(b) Rhetoricians.
(c) Philosophers.
(d) Kings.

5. Folly is the true bestower of what?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Charm.
(c) Long life.
(d) Good things.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Folly born?

2. Which of the following does Erasmus name as a famous author who wrote frivolity?

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

4. To whom did Erasmus dedicate The Praise of Folly?

5. 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?

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