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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who is the father of Folly?
(a) Poseidon.
(b) Plutus.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Zeus.

4. What is unknown in the place of Folly's birth?
(a) Harsh words or war.
(b) Toil, old age, and sickness.
(c) Gardens.
(d) Youth, immaturity, and pain.

5. Which god was given a name that means "foolish" in Greek?
(a) Bacchus.
(b) Venus.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Zeus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Folly states that a man must love whom in order to love anyone?

2. What does Zeus have to put aside in order to make a child?

3. Where was Folly born?

4. Whom did the ancient sophists praise?

5. By Stoic definition, what does folly mean?

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