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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which book of the Bible does Folly first quote as speaking on her behalf?
(a) Genesis.
(b) Romans.
(c) Ecclesiastes.
(d) Daniel.

2. Folly states that Christ compared himself with which foolish animal?
(a) A dog.
(b) A donkey.
(c) A lamb.
(d) A kitten.

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

4. Unlike the goddess Diana, Folly does not demand what?
(a) Worship.
(b) Priests.
(c) Temples.
(d) Sacrifices.

5. Who are under the protection of the gods and Folly?
(a) Animals.
(b) Fools.
(c) Gods.
(d) Children.

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

7. Folly observes priests doing what with their duties?
(a) Questioning them.
(b) Leaving them for another day.
(c) Delegating them to subordinates.
(d) Embracing them wholeheartedly.

8. Who, according to Folly, believes they support the church by their syllogisms, and without them it would fall?
(a) Schoolmasters.
(b) Theologians.
(c) Logicians.
(d) The apostles.

9. Making himself agreeable by flattery is a skill becoming to whom, according to Folly?
(a) A schoolmaster.
(b) A monk.
(c) A courtier.
(d) A king.

10. Those born foolish are free from what?
(a) Prison.
(b) Jobs and occupations.
(c) Happiness and bliss.
(d) Fears and pangs of conscience.

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

12. Folly states that examples from what prove that flattery can be sincere?
(a) Children.
(b) Animals.
(c) Literature.
(d) Theologians.

13. Who does Folly say refutes pagan philosophers by their way of life rather than syllogisms?
(a) Priests.
(b) The apostles.
(c) Theologians.
(d) Monks.

14. Whom does Folly describe as "thrifty, impoverished, miserable, grumpy, harsh and unjust to himself, disagreeable and prematurely white-haired and senile . . ."?
(a) The idiot.
(b) The fool.
(c) The wise man.
(d) The aged man.

15. According to Folly, who stretch the Holy Scriptures like a tanner with a hide?
(a) Theologians.
(b) Rhetoricians.
(c) Priests.
(d) Folly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who can speak the truth without giving offense, according to Folly?

2. What does Folly say that priests battle for?

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

4. Which group of people is Folly doubtful about admitting to her fellowship?

5. The Stoics believed that nothing is as pitiable as what?

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