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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 34 - 37.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Aaron, Saul, and David all point to as an excuse for their sins?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Folly.
(c) Zeal.
(d) Immaturity.

2. Unlike the goddess Diana, Folly does not demand what?
(a) Priests.
(b) Worship.
(c) Sacrifices.
(d) Temples.

3. Who does Folly say makes men satisfied with themselves?
(a) Deception.
(b) Madness.
(c) Contentment.
(d) Self-love.

4. Whom does Folly consider her sister?
(a) Pleasure.
(b) Self-love.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Ignorance.

5. In which year did Erasmus date his Prefatory Letter?
(a) 1550.
(b) 1598.
(c) 1508.
(d) 1500.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who protested when his friends rescued him from delusion?

2. The Stoics believed that nothing is as pitiable as what?

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

4. Which character represents "flattery given to another"?

5. In the Holy Scriptures, which man says "I speak as a fool, I am more"?

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