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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Folly, who would be disagreeable and disliked if not graced by her divine powers?
(a) The nobility.
(b) The Stoics.
(c) The Sophists.
(d) The gods.

2. Which of the following does Erasmus name as a famous author who wrote frivolity?
(a) Chaucer.
(b) Defoe.
(c) Virgil.
(d) Augustine.

3. What grows in the place of Folly's birth?
(a) The tree of life.
(b) Onions.
(c) The gardens of Adonis.
(d) Butterflies.

4. What does Zeus have to put aside in order to make a child?
(a) His cloak and dagger.
(b) His previous wife.
(c) His divinity and anger.
(d) His thunderbolt and grimness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Folly dresses in unaccustomed garb because she is imitating whom?

2. What must one do to be considered a god, according to Folly?

3. Who does Folly say makes men satisfied with themselves?

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

5. What does Folly say would be rampant without her?

(see the answer key)

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