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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18 - 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Greek word for "folly"?
(a) Levity.
(b) Moria.
(c) Utopia.
(d) Follia.

2. By Stoic definition, what does folly mean?
(a) Given to frivolity.
(b) Belonging to women.
(c) Moved by the passions.
(d) Without wisdom.

3. Which nation shows its self-love by claiming a monopoly on polite manners?
(a) Austria.
(b) Russia.
(c) France.
(d) Belgium.

4. Orators prepare long speeches to do what Folly does with her what?
(a) Riddles.
(b) Looks.
(c) Speech.
(d) Laughter.

5. What does Folly say that babies have that rewards those who look after them?
(a) The beauty of Helen.
(b) The charm of folly.
(c) Innocence.
(d) The wisdom of folly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What grows in the place of Folly's birth?

2. Folly states that examples from what prove that flattery can be sincere?

3. What first put the idea of The Praise of Folly into Erasmus's head?

4. Which god claims to free the mind from care?

5. What calmed a violent Roman mob?

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