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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 34 - 37.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Stoics believed that nothing is as pitiable as what?
(a) Religious devotion.
(b) Insanity.
(c) Emotions.
(d) Grief.

2. Which nation shows its self-love by claiming a monopoly on polite manners?
(a) France.
(b) Austria.
(c) Russia.
(d) Belgium.

3. According to Folly, members of the church hierarchy leave everything to devote themselves to what?
(a) War.
(b) Debates.
(c) Games.
(d) God.

4. Folly claims that all emotions belong to whom?
(a) Folly.
(b) Self-love.
(c) Venus.
(d) Patience.

5. Folly believes that medicine and law are an aspect of what?
(a) Flattery.
(b) Nature.
(c) Prudence.
(d) Wisdom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did Erasmus make the narrator of his book?

2. What do all artists have, according to Folly?

3. Who or what does Folly say provides the gods with laughter, sport, and fun?

4. Who is the only one who can gladden the hearts of gods and men, according to Folly?

5. According to Erasmus, nothing is so trivial as treating what in a trivial manner?

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