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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which wise men of his day did Folly say that Christ attacked?
(a) Rabbis.
(b) Schoolmasters.
(c) Rhetoricians, orators, and Stoics.
(d) Pharisees, scribes, and teachers of the Law.

2. Of the fools, who does Folly say handles the meanest sort of business by the meanest methods?
(a) Doctors.
(b) Poets.
(c) Merchants.
(d) Rhetoricians.

3. What happens when Folly begins addressing the crowd?
(a) They become mad.
(b) They become cheerful.
(c) They fall asleep.
(d) They start jeering.

4. What does Folly say that the stoics degrade in public?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Pleasure.
(c) Sophistry.
(d) Friendship.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Folly observes priests doing what with their duties?

2. Because they are amusing, Folly claims that fools are the favorites of whom?

3. Why are poets not as much in debt to Folly as schoolmasters are?

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

5. Folly states that a man must be what in order to be a father?

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