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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Folly claim she is delivering her speech?
(a) With great emotion.
(b) Quickly.
(c) Extempore, or unprepared.
(d) With intentionality and serious thought.

3. In which year did Erasmus date his Prefatory Letter?
(a) 1508.
(b) 1550.
(c) 1500.
(d) 1598.

4. Which age in a man's life does Folly describe as the happiest?
(a) None.
(b) The first.
(c) The middle.
(d) The last.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Folly's opinion, what develops prudence?

2. How does Folly describe a wise man without emotions?

3. Who speaks at the beginning of The Praise of Folly?

4. According to Folly, who would be disagreeable and disliked if not graced by her divine powers?

5. Erasmus says he wants to survey the ridiculous rather than the what?

(see the answer key)

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