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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Orators prepare long speeches to do what Folly does with her what?
(a) Laughter.
(b) Speech.
(c) Looks.
(d) Riddles.

2. According to Folly, who would be disagreeable and disliked if not graced by her divine powers?
(a) The gods.
(b) The nobility.
(c) The Sophists.
(d) The Stoics.

3. Which god was given a name that means "foolish" in Greek?
(a) Aphrodite.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Bacchus.
(d) Venus.

4. What does Folly accuse of causing the bloom of youthful beauty to fade?
(a) Mature sense.
(b) Old age.
(c) Moral maturity.
(d) Folly.

5. Erasmus marvels that present-day ears can bear to hear only what?
(a) Honorific titles.
(b) Serious prose.
(c) Pedantic poetry.
(d) Music.

Short Answer Questions

1. Erasmus remembers that someone wrote the last will and testament of the piglet Grunnius Corocotta, as mentioned by whom?

2. In Folly's opinion, what develops prudence?

3. What grows in the place of Folly's birth?

4. What does Folly say everyone finds delightful about adolescence?

5. What is the Greek word for "folly"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How long did Folly say she spent writing her speech?

2. What does Folly say was her effect upon her audience?

3. Did Erasmus anticipate criticism for his book? Why or why not?

4. Does Folly have a good opinion of the children of wise men?

5. Why does Folly claim to be a god?

6. How does Folly claim to be responsible for art?

7. How does Folly say that Jupiter bestows passion and reason to man?

8. What benefits does Folly dispense to men?

9. Why does Folly say that she is necessary for war?

10. How does Folly describe her reputation?

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