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

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

3. Who can speak the truth without giving offense, according to Folly?
(a) Philosophers.
(b) Kings.
(c) Fools.
(d) Rhetoricians.

4. Who comprises the happiest group of people, according to Folly?
(a) Liars, cheats, robbers, and swindlers.
(b) The learned.
(c) The wise.
(d) Idiots, fools, nitwits, and simpletons.

5. Who, according to Folly, believes they support the church by their syllogisms, and without them it would fall?
(a) Theologians.
(b) Schoolmasters.
(c) The apostles.
(d) Logicians.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Folly, members of the church hierarchy leave everything to devote themselves to what?

2. Which group of learned men does Folly mock for cloaking and bearding themselves to command respect?

3. Folly states that Christ compared himself with which foolish animal?

4. Which nation shows its self-love by claiming a monopoly on polite manners?

5. What does Folly say that priests battle for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What example does Folly take from the animal kingdom to prove her point that the most foolish are the happiest?

2. How does Folly compare theologians to the apostles?

3. What are naturally-born fools and idiots free from, according to Folly?

4. How does Folly argue that Fortune favors the foolish?

5. According to Folly, how did Christ show folly?

6. How does Folly say that schoolmasters are indebted to her?

7. How does Folly explain that humans amuse the gods?

8. Describe the worship of the goddess Folly.

9. Explain the communal form of Self-love, which Folly claims Nature has implanted.

10. Why does Folly say that kings like to be around fools?

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