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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Folly says that God takes great pleasure in whom?
(a) His apostles only.
(b) Fools.
(c) A select few.
(d) The wise.

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

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

4. According to Folly, who despises money?
(a) The fool.
(b) The merchant.
(c) The greedy.
(d) The wise man.

5. Folly states that which group of people listens to the preaching of monks?
(a) Merchants and women.
(b) Theologians and magicians.
(c) Fools and children.
(d) The elderly and the poor.

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

7. In Folly's opinion, no one would be induced to take on the duties of a king without what?
(a) Chivalry.
(b) A noble heart.
(c) Honor.
(d) Folly.

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

9. Folly says that to be foolish is not to be miserable, but to be what?
(a) Neglected.
(b) Wise.
(c) Human.
(d) Divine.

10. Which character represents "flattery given to another"?
(a) Neptune.
(b) Kolakia.
(c) Venus.
(d) Folly.

11. Folly says that popes would lose all advantages if they showed what?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Folly.
(c) Love.
(d) Wisdom.

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

13. Folly believes that the happiest men use for their guide only whom?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Nature.
(d) Themselves.

14. Which group of learned men does Folly mock for cloaking and bearding themselves to command respect?
(a) Philosophers.
(b) Poets.
(c) Fools.
(d) Monks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does God reveal the mystery of salvation, according to Folly?

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

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

4. Of the fools, who does Folly say handles the meanest sort of business by the meanest methods?

5. In creation, God forbade man to eat of which tree?

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