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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the only one who can gladden the hearts of gods and men, according to Folly?
(a) Wine.
(b) Silenus.
(c) Folly.
(d) Bacchus.

3. Folly observes priests doing what with their duties?
(a) Leaving them for another day.
(b) Embracing them wholeheartedly.
(c) Questioning them.
(d) Delegating them to subordinates.

4. Who does Folly call unpopular, although they are happy because of their self-satisfaction?
(a) Monks.
(b) Merchants.
(c) Women.
(d) Children.

5. In criticizing the men of his day, whom does Erasmus name?
(a) No one.
(b) Several political leaders.
(c) The pope.
(d) Thomas More.

Short Answer Questions

1. Erasmus complains that many people find jokes against popes and princes more offensive than what?

2. Which group of learned men does Folly mock for cloaking and bearding themselves to command respect?

3. Who are under the protection of the gods and Folly?

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

5. According to Folly, who shows the way to perfect wisdom?

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