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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Folly say everyone finds delightful about adolescence?
(a) Folly.
(b) Energy.
(c) Life.
(d) Wisdom.

2. According to Folly, who provides all advantages in life?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Self-love.
(c) Athena.
(d) Folly.

3. Erasmus answers the charge that he is too sarcastic by saying that ________ has always enjoyed freedom to exercise their wit on the common life of man.
(a) Jesters.
(b) The insane.
(c) The intelligent.
(d) Noblemen.

4. Erasmus says he wants to survey the ridiculous rather than the what?
(a) Squalid.
(b) Juvenile.
(c) Intelligent.
(d) Innocent.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Folly state is necessary for a woman to agree to wedlock?

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

3. By Stoic definition, what does folly mean?

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

5. According to Erasmus, nothing is more entertaining than treating what in such a way as to make it clear you are doing anything but trifling with them?

(see the answer key)

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