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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Folly, who shows the way to perfect wisdom?
(a) Flattery.
(b) Folly.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Ignorance.

2. Folly dresses in unaccustomed garb because she is imitating whom?
(a) Monks.
(b) Lucian.
(c) Homer.
(d) The Sophists.

3. How did Folly begin life?
(a) Smiling sweetly.
(b) Running and jumping.
(c) Deviously.
(d) Crying.

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

5. Who speaks at the beginning of The Praise of Folly?
(a) Homer.
(b) More.
(c) Praise.
(d) Folly.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which wise man was driven to drink hemlock because of wisdom?

3. According to the Prefatory Letter, Erasmus wrote The Praise of Folly on his journey to England from where?

4. 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?

5. According to Folly, if wisdom became more widespread among men, what would result?

(see the answer key)

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