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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 first put the idea of The Praise of Folly into Erasmus's head?
(a) A book he was reading.
(b) A humorous event on his trip.
(c) His friend's family name.
(d) His dream.

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

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

4. Which of the following does Erasmus name as a famous author who wrote frivolity?
(a) Defoe.
(b) Chaucer.
(c) Virgil.
(d) Augustine.

5. Why are women willing to repeat childbirth, in Folly's opinion?
(a) Maternal instinct.
(b) Love.
(c) Forgetfulness.
(d) Desire to please her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which god was given a name that means "foolish" in Greek?

2. Orators prepare long speeches to do what Folly does with her what?

3. Whom does Folly praise?

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

5. Erasmus predicts that his book will be criticized as being what?

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