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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 is the Greek word for "folly"?
(a) Utopia.
(b) Moria.
(c) Levity.
(d) Follia.

2. Whom does Folly praise?
(a) Herself.
(b) Erasmus.
(c) The king.
(d) Rhetoricians.

3. Which nymph among Folly's aids claps her hands, with laughter in her eyes?
(a) Mirth.
(b) Drunkenness.
(c) Delight.
(d) Flattery.

4. Erasmus remembers that someone wrote the last will and testament of the piglet Grunnius Corocotta, as mentioned by whom?
(a) The Apostle Paul.
(b) Ovid.
(c) Homer.
(d) St. Jerome.

5. Who are the two gods in Folly's household?
(a) Zeus and Theseus.
(b) Revelry and Sound Sleep.
(c) Zeus and Mars.
(d) Mirth and Longevity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Erasmus states that anyone who believes himself injured by Praise of Folly betrays what?

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

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

4. Erasmus anticipates that critics will clamor that he is reviving what?

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

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