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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. Erasmus says he wants to survey the ridiculous rather than the what?
(a) Intelligent.
(b) Juvenile.
(c) Squalid.
(d) Innocent.

2. Erasmus states that his praise of folly has not been altogether what?
(a) Criticized.
(b) Foolish.
(c) Wasted.
(d) Welcomed.

3. If someone could look down upon the life of man as Jove does, what does Folly say he would see?
(a) Ease and comfort.
(b) Many disasters.
(c) Great folly.
(d) Many blessings.

4. How does Folly describe a wise man without emotions?
(a) A puppet.
(b) An animal.
(c) A monster.
(d) A doormat.

5. Erasmus states that anyone who believes himself injured by Praise of Folly betrays what?
(a) Sensitivity.
(b) Pettiness.
(c) A guilty conscience.
(d) A moral awareness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which poet wrote, "For ignorance provides the happiest life"?

2. Folly dresses in unaccustomed garb because she is imitating whom?

3. Folly is the true bestower of what?

4. Where was Folly born?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Folly do for the elderly?

2. Did Erasmus consider The Praise of Folly too frivolous for a theologian?

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

4. Why did Erasmus consider it unjust not to allow relaxations to those in the academic world?

5. Where was Erasmus when he was writing The Praise of Folly?

6. Are women more or less foolish than men, according to Folly?

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

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

9. How does Folly describe her parentage?

10. Why does Folly consider her presence to be essential to friendship?

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