The Praise of Folly Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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The Praise of Folly Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 96 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 34 - 37.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Folly consider her sister?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Pleasure.
(c) Self-love.
(d) Friendship.

2. How many statues does Folly have?
(a) As many as there are men who wear her image.
(b) As many as there are fish.
(c) As many as there are jesters.
(d) As many as there are stars in the sky.

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

4. Erasmus states that jokes can be handled in such a way that a reader finds more reward in them than in a what?
(a) An argument.
(b) A play.
(c) A treatise.
(d) A riddle.

5. Folly argues that she alone can make sin what?
(a) Humorous.
(b) Pardonable.
(c) Tempting.
(d) Enviable.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who, according to Folly, believes they support the church by their syllogisms, and without them it would fall?

2. What did Aaron, Saul, and David all point to as an excuse for their sins?

3. Euripides says that the wise man has two what?

4. Folly states that a man must love whom in order to love anyone?

5. Folly states that Christ compared himself with which foolish animal?

(see the answer key)

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