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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Folly dresses in unaccustomed garb because she is imitating whom?
(a) Homer.
(b) Lucian.
(c) Monks.
(d) The Sophists.

2. According to Folly, if wisdom became more widespread among men, what would result?
(a) More compassion.
(b) Less compassion.
(c) Less suicide.
(d) More suicide.

3. What grows in the place of Folly's birth?
(a) Onions.
(b) The gardens of Adonis.
(c) Butterflies.
(d) The tree of life.

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

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

6. Folly states that a man must be what in order to be a father?
(a) Foolish and fond.
(b) Wise and learned.
(c) Gentle and generous.
(d) Handsome and charming.

7. Folly's father is the god of what?
(a) Peace.
(b) Riches.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) War.

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

9. Erasmus answers the charge that he is too sarcastic by saying that ________ has always enjoyed freedom to exercise their wit on the common life of man.
(a) Noblemen.
(b) The insane.
(c) The intelligent.
(d) Jesters.

10. According to Folly, what is the seed and source of all deeds which win praise?
(a) War.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Anger.
(d) Vanity.

11. According to Erasmus, nothing is more entertaining than treating what in such a way as to make it clear you are doing anything but trifling with them?
(a) Readers.
(b) Serious subjects.
(c) Trivialities.
(d) Political leaders.

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

13. Who speaks at the beginning of The Praise of Folly?
(a) Folly.
(b) Homer.
(c) More.
(d) Praise.

14. Erasmus says he wants to survey the ridiculous rather than the what?
(a) Juvenile.
(b) Squalid.
(c) Innocent.
(d) Intelligent.

15. Which nymph among Folly's aids claps her hands, with laughter in her eyes?
(a) Mirth.
(b) Drunkenness.
(c) Flattery.
(d) Delight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Folly claims that all emotions belong to whom?

2. Why are women willing to repeat childbirth, in Folly's opinion?

3. Which of the following does Erasmus name as a famous author who wrote frivolity?

4. Folly states that a man must love whom in order to love anyone?

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

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