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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. What does Folly say everyone finds delightful about adolescence?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Life.
(c) Energy.
(d) Folly.

2. According to Folly, what kind of man is unlucky in regards to children?
(a) Indulgent.
(b) Impulsive.
(c) Foolish.
(d) Wise.

3. Erasmus follows the well-known popular proverb that states that a man should do what?
(a) Speak with false humility.
(b) Praise others before himself.
(c) Defame himself.
(d) Praise himself, if no one else will.

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

5. Erasmus anticipates that critics will clamor that he is reviving what?
(a) Old Comedy and Tragedy.
(b) Old Comedy or Lucian.
(c) Old Comedy or Homer.
(d) Morality Plays.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which wise man was driven to drink hemlock because of wisdom?

2. Who speaks at the beginning of The Praise of Folly?

3. Which age in a man's life does Folly describe as the happiest?

4. Why are women willing to repeat childbirth, in Folly's opinion?

5. Erasmus states that anyone who believes himself injured by Praise of Folly betrays what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Folly describe her parentage?

3. In his Prefatory Letter, why did Erasmus marvel at the sensitivity of present-day ears?

4. What does Folly say about emotions in relation to wisdom?

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

6. Why does Folly claim to be a god?

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

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

9. Why did Erasmus ask More to be a champion of Folly?

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

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