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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 - 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Greek word for "folly"?
(a) Follia.
(b) Moria.
(c) Levity.
(d) Utopia.

2. Erasmus says he wants to survey the ridiculous rather than the what?
(a) Innocent.
(b) Intelligent.
(c) Squalid.
(d) Juvenile.

3. In criticizing the men of his day, whom does Erasmus name?
(a) Thomas More.
(b) The pope.
(c) No one.
(d) Several political leaders.

4. What does Folly say everyone finds delightful about adolescence?
(a) Folly.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Energy.
(d) Life.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Folly born?

2. Who are the two gods in Folly's household?

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

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

5. What first put the idea of The Praise of Folly into Erasmus's head?

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