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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. As Folly prepares to call on the Holy Scriptures for support, what does she wish to wear?
(a) A priest's stole.
(b) A theologian's garb.
(c) A monk's robe.
(d) A fool's cap.

3. Who or what does Folly say provides the gods with laughter, sport, and fun?
(a) Legends.
(b) Poor mortals.
(c) Four-legged creatures.
(d) Themselves.

4. What did Aaron, Saul, and David all point to as an excuse for their sins?
(a) Folly.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Immaturity.
(d) Zeal.

5. Because they are amusing, Folly claims that fools are the favorites of whom?
(a) Animals.
(b) Children.
(c) The gods.
(d) Kings.

6. Which god claims to free the mind from care?
(a) Cupid.
(b) Salinus.
(c) Aphrodite.
(d) Bacchus.

7. The Stoics believed that nothing is as pitiable as what?
(a) Grief.
(b) Emotions.
(c) Religious devotion.
(d) Insanity.

8. How does Folly describe the schools where schoolmasters teach?
(a) Quiet places of study.
(b) Treadmills and torture chambers.
(c) Storehouses of knowledge.
(d) Citadels of wisdom.

9. In creation, God forbade man to eat of which tree?
(a) The tree of hate.
(b) The tree of love.
(c) The tree of folly.
(d) The tree of knowledge.

10. Who does Folly call unpopular, although they are happy because of their self-satisfaction?
(a) Women.
(b) Monks.
(c) Children.
(d) Merchants.

11. Among the learned men, whom does Folly call the most self-satisfied?
(a) Lawyers.
(b) Poets.
(c) Schoolmasters.
(d) Merchants.

12. Whom does Fortune favor?
(a) The injudicious and venturesome.
(b) The cautious and wise.
(c) The lazy and insipid.
(d) The slow and ambling.

13. What do some foolish men believe will purify them from a lifetime of sin?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Folly.
(c) A sacrificed pig.
(d) A single coin.

14. To whom, according to Folly, did Christ unfailingly preach folly?
(a) Prisoners.
(b) Sophists.
(c) His apostles.
(d) Wise men.

15. Whom does Folly consider happier than Odysseus (also known as Ulysses)?
(a) Gryllus.
(b) Athena.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Penelope.

Short Answer Questions

1. Men seek from saints that which belongs to whom?

2. Folly states that examples from what prove that flattery can be sincere?

3. Folly says that God takes great pleasure in whom?

4. Whom does Folly hold responsible for introducing the branches of learning?

5. Folly believes that medicine and law are an aspect of what?

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