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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 grows in the place of Folly's birth?
(a) The tree of life.
(b) The gardens of Adonis.
(c) Butterflies.
(d) Onions.

2. Whom did the ancient sophists praise?
(a) Themselves.
(b) Trivialities.
(c) Gods and heroes.
(d) The learned.

3. What do all artists have, according to Folly?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Fame.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Self-love.

4. Whom does Folly describe as "thrifty, impoverished, miserable, grumpy, harsh and unjust to himself, disagreeable and prematurely white-haired and senile . . ."?
(a) The fool.
(b) The idiot.
(c) The aged man.
(d) The wise man.

5. Erasmus follows the well-known popular proverb that states that a man should do what?
(a) Praise himself, if no one else will.
(b) Defame himself.
(c) Praise others before himself.
(d) Speak with false humility.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which poet wrote, "For ignorance provides the happiest life"?

2. Who comprises the happiest group of people, according to Folly?

3. Folly states that men create art because of a thirst for what?

4. Who is the father of Folly?

5. According to the Prefatory Letter, Erasmus wrote The Praise of Folly on what?

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