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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 38 - 40.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is unknown in the place of Folly's birth?
(a) Youth, immaturity, and pain.
(b) Gardens.
(c) Harsh words or war.
(d) Toil, old age, and sickness.

2. How does Folly describe the schools where schoolmasters teach?
(a) Quiet places of study.
(b) Storehouses of knowledge.
(c) Citadels of wisdom.
(d) Treadmills and torture chambers.

3. What is the least deceptive mirror of the mind?
(a) Actions.
(b) Looks.
(c) Speech.
(d) Eyes.

4. By Stoic definition, what does folly mean?
(a) Given to frivolity.
(b) Belonging to women.
(c) Without wisdom.
(d) Moved by the passions.

5. Which god claims to free the mind from care?
(a) Salinus.
(b) Cupid.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Bacchus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What first put the idea of The Praise of Folly into Erasmus's head?

2. In Folly's opinion, what develops prudence?

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

4. What did Plato consider the highest form of happiness?

5. According to Folly, who would be disagreeable and disliked if not graced by her divine powers?

(see the answer key)

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