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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Folly praise?
(a) Erasmus.
(b) Herself.
(c) The king.
(d) Rhetoricians.

2. Whom does Folly quote as an authority who praises her by saying, "The world is full of fools"?
(a) Cicero.
(b) More.
(c) Paul the Apostle.
(d) Euripides .

3. What does Folly say everyone finds delightful about adolescence?
(a) Folly.
(b) Energy.
(c) Life.
(d) Wisdom.

4. With whom does Folly say that the Christian religion has a kinship?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Folly.
(c) Envy.
(d) Greed.

5. Erasmus believes he is not writing sarcasm, but what instead?
(a) Innocent jokes.
(b) Allegorical interpretation.
(c) Criticism and dissent.
(d) Warning and advice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the least deceptive mirror of the mind?

2. What must one do to be considered a god, according to Folly?

3. Who said, "Happy the states where either philosophers are kings or kings are philosophers"?

4. Which book of the Bible does Folly first quote as speaking on her behalf?

5. Who, according to Folly, interpret the Holy Scripture to fit their own purposes?

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