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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who can speak the truth without giving offense, according to Folly?
(a) Fools.
(b) Philosophers.
(c) Rhetoricians.
(d) Kings.

2. What do men gain by hunting, in Folly's opinion?
(a) Degeneration.
(b) Masculinity.
(c) Meat.
(d) Maturity.

3. Folly states that a single system of what provides continuous torture for life?
(a) Latin.
(b) Grammar.
(c) Sciences.
(d) Medicine.

4. Which wise men of his day did Folly say that Christ attacked?
(a) Rabbis.
(b) Schoolmasters.
(c) Pharisees, scribes, and teachers of the Law.
(d) Rhetoricians, orators, and Stoics.

5. Whom does Folly hold responsible for introducing the branches of learning?
(a) Flattery.
(b) Plato.
(c) Folly.
(d) Evil spirits.

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

7. Which group of people is Folly doubtful about admitting to her fellowship?
(a) Thieves.
(b) Jesters.
(c) Gamblers.
(d) Troubadours.

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

9. Which nation shows its self-love by claiming a monopoly on polite manners?
(a) Russia.
(b) Belgium.
(c) Austria.
(d) France.

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

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

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

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the name "Bishop" mean?

2. Who does Folly call unpopular, although they are happy because of their self-satisfaction?

3. Which group of learned men does Folly mock for cloaking and bearding themselves to command respect?

4. In Folly's opinion, no one would be induced to take on the duties of a king without what?

5. Who, according to Folly, interpret the Holy Scripture to fit their own purposes?

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