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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 states that which group of people listens to the preaching of monks?
(a) Merchants and women.
(b) Theologians and magicians.
(c) The elderly and the poor.
(d) Fools and children.

2. Who does Folly call unpopular, although they are happy because of their self-satisfaction?
(a) Children.
(b) Women.
(c) Monks.
(d) Merchants.

3. Folly states that examples from what prove that flattery can be sincere?
(a) Children.
(b) Theologians.
(c) Animals.
(d) Literature.

4. Folly states that man's mind is most susceptible to what?
(a) Facts.
(b) Truth.
(c) Reality.
(d) Falsehoods.

5. What does Folly say that priests battle for?
(a) Folly.
(b) Their theology.
(c) Their tithes.
(d) The souls of their flock.

Short Answer Questions

1. Folly believes that medicine and law are an aspect of what?

2. Those born foolish are free from what?

3. Who or what does Folly say provides the gods with laughter, sport, and fun?

4. Who protested when his friends rescued him from delusion?

5. Why are poets not as much in debt to Folly as schoolmasters are?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Before using the Scriptures, which authorities does Folly cite as supporting her?

3. Where in the courts of kings does Folly say that she is evident?

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

5. How does Folly argue that flattery is not incompatible with sincerity?

6. Does Folly state that monks are foolish?

7. How does Folly respond to the argument that foolishness is an unhappy state?

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

9. According to Folly, who was happier: Gryllus or Odysseus? Why?

10. Describe the worship of the goddess Folly.

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