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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 - 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Erasmus says there is merit in being attacked by whom?
(a) Folly.
(b) Ignorance.
(c) The king.
(d) Erasmus.

2. Erasmus complains that many people find jokes against popes and princes more offensive than what?
(a) Murder.
(b) Perjury.
(c) Sarcasm.
(d) Blasphemy.

3. Why are women willing to repeat childbirth, in Folly's opinion?
(a) Maternal instinct.
(b) Desire to please her husband.
(c) Forgetfulness.
(d) Love.

4. To what does Folly recall the elderly?
(a) Fantasies.
(b) Middle Age.
(c) Childhood.
(d) Wisdom.

5. Erasmus states that anyone who believes himself injured by Praise of Folly betrays what?
(a) A moral awareness.
(b) Sensitivity.
(c) Pettiness.
(d) A guilty conscience.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Folly, who would be disagreeable and disliked if not graced by her divine powers?

2. Because Folly dispenses every benefit to all alike, what does she think she should be named?

3. Which age in a man's life does Folly describe as the happiest?

4. Who is the only one who can gladden the hearts of gods and men, according to Folly?

5. What first put the idea of The Praise of Folly into Erasmus's head?

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