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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 the least deceptive mirror of the mind?
(a) Looks.
(b) Actions.
(c) Eyes.
(d) Speech.

2. Which wise man was driven to drink hemlock because of wisdom?
(a) Augustine.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Plato.
(d) Aristotle.

3. Whom did Erasmus make the narrator of his book?
(a) Virgil.
(b) More.
(c) The pope.
(d) Folly.

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

5. Which insect does Folly consider happy for following its natural instincts?
(a) The grasshopper.
(b) The bee.
(c) The wasp.
(d) The butterfly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Because Folly dispenses every benefit to all alike, what does she think she should be named?

2. How did Folly begin life?

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

4. What is unknown in the place of Folly's birth?

5. Erasmus says there is merit in being attacked by whom?

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