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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which two nymphs nursed Folly?
(a) Drunkenness and Ignorance.
(b) Drunkennes and Debauchery.
(c) Flattery and Innocence.
(d) Melancholy and Wistfulness.

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

4. Folly states that a man must love whom in order to love anyone?
(a) Honor.
(b) God.
(c) Himself.
(d) His wife.

5. To whom did Erasmus dedicate The Praise of Folly?
(a) Thomas More.
(b) Martin Luther.
(c) Henry VIII.
(d) Homer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Erasmus complains that many people find jokes against popes and princes more offensive than what?

2. What must one do to be considered a god, according to Folly?

3. Who considers themselves gods on earth if they can use Greek words in their speeches?

4. What does Folly state is necessary for friendship?

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

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