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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Folly is in poor repute even amongst whom?
(a) The noblemen.
(b) The greatest fools.
(c) The learned.
(d) Madmen.

2. Erasmus follows the well-known popular proverb that states that a man should do what?
(a) Speak with false humility.
(b) Praise himself, if no one else will.
(c) Defame himself.
(d) Praise others before himself.

3. Erasmus marvels that present-day ears can bear to hear only what?
(a) Honorific titles.
(b) Pedantic poetry.
(c) Music.
(d) Serious prose.

4. How was Folly born?
(a) Her father married her mother.
(b) She does not know.
(c) Her father laid with a nymph.
(d) Her father made her spring from his brain.

5. In which year did Erasmus date his Prefatory Letter?
(a) 1508.
(b) 1598.
(c) 1500.
(d) 1550.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the Prefatory Letter, Erasmus wrote The Praise of Folly on his journey to England from where?

3. Which of the following does Erasmus name as a famous author who wrote frivolity?

4. What does Erasmus request the recipient of his book to be?

5. Erasmus says he wants to survey the ridiculous rather than the what?

(see the answer key)

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