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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 states that anyone who believes himself injured by Praise of Folly betrays what?
(a) Pettiness.
(b) A guilty conscience.
(c) A moral awareness.
(d) Sensitivity.

2. Erasmus remembers that someone wrote the last will and testament of the piglet Grunnius Corocotta, as mentioned by whom?
(a) The Apostle Paul.
(b) Homer.
(c) Ovid.
(d) St. Jerome.

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

4. Folly is in poor repute even amongst whom?
(a) The learned.
(b) The greatest fools.
(c) The noblemen.
(d) Madmen.

5. According to the Prefatory Letter, Erasmus wrote The Praise of Folly on his journey to England from where?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) Greece.
(d) Italy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How was Folly born?

3. Erasmus follows the well-known popular proverb that states that a man should do what?

4. In which year did Erasmus date his Prefatory Letter?

5. What does Folly say that babies have that rewards those who look after them?

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