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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, what is the seed and source of all deeds which win praise?
(a) Vanity.
(b) Poverty.
(c) War.
(d) Anger.

2. How does Folly describe a wise man without emotions?
(a) An animal.
(b) A puppet.
(c) A doormat.
(d) A monster.

3. How was Folly born?
(a) Her father made her spring from his brain.
(b) She does not know.
(c) Her father married her mother.
(d) Her father laid with a nymph.

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

5. According to Folly, who provides all advantages in life?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Athena.
(c) Folly.
(d) Self-love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which two nymphs nursed Folly?

2. Which soldier was "as cowardly in battle as he was skilled in speech-making"?

3. Folly states that not wanting more than your share of wisdom is a true sign of what?

4. Whom does Folly praise?

5. Erasmus remembers that someone wrote the last will and testament of the piglet Grunnius Corocotta, as mentioned by whom?

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