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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. Where was Folly born?
(a) A hollow cave.
(b) The Island of Troy.
(c) The Islands of the Blest.
(d) Wandering Delos.

2. To what does Folly recall the elderly?
(a) Childhood.
(b) Middle Age.
(c) Wisdom.
(d) Fantasies.

3. Who considers themselves gods on earth if they can use Greek words in their speeches?
(a) Professors.
(b) English.
(c) Rhetoricians.
(d) Sophists.

4. According to Folly, what is the seed and source of all deeds which win praise?
(a) Vanity.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Anger.
(d) War.

5. What does Zeus have to put aside in order to make a child?
(a) His thunderbolt and grimness.
(b) His cloak and dagger.
(c) His divinity and anger.
(d) His previous wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Folly born?

2. Folly states that a man must love whom in order to love anyone?

3. Erasmus anticipates that critics will clamor that he is reviving what?

4. What does Folly accuse of causing the bloom of youthful beauty to fade?

5. Erasmus complains that many people find jokes against popes and princes more offensive than what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Folly describe her parentage?

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

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

5. Does Folly speak highly of prudence?

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

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

8. How does Folly describe her reputation?

9. Does Folly agree with those who say that it is conceited to praise one's self?

10. What does Folly think of people who hire someone else to praise themselves?

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