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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Of the fools, who does Folly say handles the meanest sort of business by the meanest methods?
(a) Merchants.
(b) Rhetoricians.
(c) Doctors.
(d) Poets.

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

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

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

6. When did Christ first make himself a fool, in Folly's opinion?
(a) His incarnation.
(b) His childhood.
(c) His adulthood.
(d) His death.

7. Which animal does Folly pity for being made to work with men?
(a) The dog.
(b) The horse.
(c) The ox.
(d) The donkey.

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

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

10. Folly believes that medicine and law are an aspect of what?
(a) Prudence.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Nature.
(d) Flattery.

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

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

13. Folly argues that she alone can make sin what?
(a) Enviable.
(b) Pardonable.
(c) Humorous.
(d) Tempting.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom, according to Folly, did Christ unfailingly preach folly?

3. Folly says that popes would lose all advantages if they showed what?

4. Why are poets not as much in debt to Folly as schoolmasters are?

5. Folly observes priests doing what with their duties?

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