2. 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) The intelligent.
(b) Noblemen.
(c) The insane.
(d) Jesters.

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

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

5. What does Folly state is necessary for a woman to agree to wedlock?
(a) Force.
(b) Madness.
(c) Love.
(d) Deception.

6. Who does Folly say makes men satisfied with themselves?
(a) Self-love.
(b) Contentment.
(c) Deception.
(d) Madness.

7. In Folly's opinion, what develops prudence?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Experience.
(c) Flattery.
(d) Hope.

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

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

10. Erasmus states that his praise of folly has not been altogether what?
(a) Wasted.
(b) Criticized.
(c) Foolish.
(d) Welcomed.

11. Folly claims that all emotions belong to whom?
(a) Patience.
(b) Folly.
(c) Venus.
(d) Self-love.

12. What calmed a violent Roman mob?
(a) A speech.
(b) A comedy.
(c) A fable.
(d) A storm.

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

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

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