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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Folly is in poor repute even amongst whom?
(a) The learned.
(b) Madmen.
(c) The greatest fools.
(d) The noblemen.

2. How does Folly claim she is delivering her speech?
(a) With great emotion.
(b) With intentionality and serious thought.
(c) Quickly.
(d) Extempore, or unprepared.

3. Erasmus follows the well-known popular proverb that states that a man should do what?
(a) Defame himself.
(b) Praise others before himself.
(c) Speak with false humility.
(d) Praise himself, if no one else will.

4. Folly states that a man must love whom in order to love anyone?
(a) Honor.
(b) His wife.
(c) Himself.
(d) God.

5. What does Folly state is necessary for friendship?
(a) Folly.
(b) Reason.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Honesty.

6. According to the Prefatory Letter, Erasmus wrote The Praise of Folly on his journey to England from where?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) Greece.
(d) Italy.

7. Because Folly dispenses every benefit to all alike, what does she think she should be named?
(a) "Benefactor" of all men.
(b) "Fountain of Blessings"
(c) "Alpha" of all gods.
(d) "Goddess Divine."

8. According to Folly, who would be disagreeable and disliked if not graced by her divine powers?
(a) The nobility.
(b) The gods.
(c) The Sophists.
(d) The Stoics.

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

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

11. According to Erasmus, nothing is so trivial as treating what in a trivial manner?
(a) Jokes.
(b) The mundane.
(c) Trivialities.
(d) Serious subjects.

12. Who considers themselves gods on earth if they can use Greek words in their speeches?
(a) Professors.
(b) English.
(c) Sophists.
(d) Rhetoricians.

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

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

15. How does Folly describe a wise man without emotions?
(a) An animal.
(b) A doormat.
(c) A monster.
(d) A puppet.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom does Folly consider more foolish than men?

3. Where was Folly born?

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

5. If someone could look down upon the life of man as Jove does, what does Folly say he would see?

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