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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Folly states that not wanting more than your share of wisdom is a true sign of what?
(a) Folly.
(b) Stupidity.
(c) Prudence.
(d) Reverence.

2. Those who take pride in their ancestry lead happy lives, thanks to whom?
(a) Self-love.
(b) Forgetfulness.
(c) Pride.
(d) Delusion.

3. Folly claims that all emotions belong to whom?
(a) Folly.
(b) Venus.
(c) Patience.
(d) Self-love.

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

5. Folly states that men create art because of a thirst for what?
(a) Money.
(b) Independence.
(c) Fame.
(d) Wisdom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Folly believes that the happiest men use for their guide only whom?

2. Whom does Folly consider more foolish than men?

3. Folly's father is the god of what?

4. Who segregated passions from the wise man?

5. Men seek from saints that which belongs to whom?

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