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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1 - 4.

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) His dream.
(c) His friend's family name.
(d) A humorous event on his trip.

2. What is the least deceptive mirror of the mind?
(a) Eyes.
(b) Looks.
(c) Speech.
(d) Actions.

3. Who considers themselves gods on earth if they can use Greek words in their speeches?
(a) Rhetoricians.
(b) English.
(c) Sophists.
(d) Professors.

4. What happens when Folly begins addressing the crowd?
(a) They start jeering.
(b) They become mad.
(c) They become cheerful.
(d) They fall asleep.

5. Orators prepare long speeches to do what Folly does with her what?
(a) Laughter.
(b) Speech.
(c) Looks.
(d) Riddles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Erasmus marvels that present-day ears can bear to hear only what?

2. Which two nymphs nursed Folly?

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

4. Erasmus states that jokes can be handled in such a way that a reader finds more reward in them than in a what?

5. Who speaks at the beginning of The Praise of Folly?

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