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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Folly states that which group of people listens to the preaching of monks?
(a) Theologians and magicians.
(b) Fools and children.
(c) The elderly and the poor.
(d) Merchants and women.

2. Erasmus says he wants to survey the ridiculous rather than the what?
(a) Squalid.
(b) Intelligent.
(c) Juvenile.
(d) Innocent.

3. To whom, according to Folly, did Christ unfailingly preach folly?
(a) Prisoners.
(b) His apostles.
(c) Wise men.
(d) Sophists.

4. Which book of the Bible does Folly first quote as speaking on her behalf?
(a) Ecclesiastes.
(b) Genesis.
(c) Daniel.
(d) Romans.

5. Which of the following does Erasmus name as a famous author who wrote frivolity?
(a) Augustine.
(b) Virgil.
(c) Defoe.
(d) Chaucer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are women willing to repeat childbirth, in Folly's opinion?

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

3. What does Folly say would be rampant without her?

4. What does Folly accuse of causing the bloom of youthful beauty to fade?

5. Folly claims that all emotions belong to whom?

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