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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11 - 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Through ignorance, thoughtlessness, and forgetfulness, what effect does Folly have on man?
(a) Desire to leave earth.
(b) Apathy.
(c) Shame and infamy.
(d) Reluctance to leave life.

2. Which wise man was driven to drink hemlock because of wisdom?
(a) Augustine.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Plato.

3. According to the Prefatory Letter, Erasmus wrote The Praise of Folly on what?
(a) A stagecoach.
(b) A carriage.
(c) A boat.
(d) Horseback.

4. Who is the only one who can gladden the hearts of gods and men, according to Folly?
(a) Bacchus.
(b) Wine.
(c) Silenus.
(d) Folly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the least deceptive mirror of the mind?

2. What does Folly say that the stoics degrade in public?

3. What does Folly accuse of causing the bloom of youthful beauty to fade?

4. If someone could look down upon the life of man as Jove does, what does Folly say he would see?

5. What is the Greek word for "folly"?

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