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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 does Folly state is necessary for friendship?
(a) Folly.
(b) Honesty.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Reason.

2. To what does Folly recall the elderly?
(a) Middle Age.
(b) Fantasies.
(c) Childhood.
(d) Wisdom.

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

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

5. To whom did Erasmus dedicate The Praise of Folly?
(a) Homer.
(b) Henry VIII.
(c) Martin Luther.
(d) Thomas More.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Erasmus request the recipient of his book to be?

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

3. According to Folly, who provides all advantages in life?

4. Erasmus complains that many people find jokes against popes and princes more offensive than what?

5. According to Folly, to whom does life owe its beginning?

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