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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Folly, who would be disagreeable and disliked if not graced by her divine powers?
(a) The Stoics.
(b) The nobility.
(c) The gods.
(d) The Sophists.

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

4. Which group of learned men does Folly mock for cloaking and bearding themselves to command respect?
(a) Fools.
(b) Philosophers.
(c) Monks.
(d) Poets.

5. Why are women willing to repeat childbirth, in Folly's opinion?
(a) Love.
(b) Maternal instinct.
(c) Desire to please her husband.
(d) Forgetfulness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Folly says that God takes great pleasure in whom?

2. Who segregated passions from the wise man?

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

4. Folly states that man's mind is most susceptible to what?

5. Whom does Folly consider happier than Odysseus (also known as Ulysses)?

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