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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 does Folly say that babies have that rewards those who look after them?
(a) Innocence.
(b) The wisdom of folly.
(c) The beauty of Helen.
(d) The charm of folly.

2. When did Christ first make himself a fool, in Folly's opinion?
(a) His incarnation.
(b) His death.
(c) His childhood.
(d) His adulthood.

3. What first put the idea of The Praise of Folly into Erasmus's head?
(a) His friend's family name.
(b) His dream.
(c) A book he was reading.
(d) A humorous event on his trip.

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

5. In criticizing the men of his day, whom does Erasmus name?
(a) No one.
(b) Thomas More.
(c) The pope.
(d) Several political leaders.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Folly, members of the church hierarchy leave everything to devote themselves to what?

2. How does Folly describe the whole life of man?

3. What does Folly state is necessary for friendship?

4. Folly states that those who foretaste Heaven have an experience like what?

5. Which age in a man's life does Folly describe as the happiest?

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