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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Folly's temple?
(a) The whole world.
(b) The sky.
(c) The minds of men.
(d) The ocean.

2. In Folly's opinion, what develops prudence?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Experience.
(c) Flattery.
(d) Hope.

3. According to the Prefatory Letter, Erasmus wrote The Praise of Folly on what?
(a) Horseback.
(b) A carriage.
(c) A boat.
(d) A stagecoach.

4. Folly states that men create art because of a thirst for what?
(a) Independence.
(b) Money.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Fame.

5. In creation, God forbade man to eat of which tree?
(a) The tree of hate.
(b) The tree of knowledge.
(c) The tree of love.
(d) The tree of folly.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom does Folly quote as an authority who praises her by saying, "The world is full of fools"?

3. Philosophers say that man can compensate for what nature has denied him by what?

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

5. How does Folly claim she is delivering her speech?

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