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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. Which character represents "flattery given to another"?
(a) Kolakia.
(b) Venus.
(c) Neptune.
(d) Folly.

2. What does the name "Bishop" mean?
(a) Deceiver.
(b) Fool.
(c) Savior.
(d) Overseer.

3. What do some foolish men believe will purify them from a lifetime of sin?
(a) A single coin.
(b) A sacrificed pig.
(c) Folly.
(d) Wisdom.

4. How many statues does Folly have?
(a) As many as there are men who wear her image.
(b) As many as there are fish.
(c) As many as there are stars in the sky.
(d) As many as there are jesters.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Folly, who stretch the Holy Scriptures like a tanner with a hide?

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

3. Of the fools, who does Folly say handles the meanest sort of business by the meanest methods?

4. Whom does Folly consider to be the only god who shows no partiality?

5. Those born foolish are free from what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Ecclesiastes say about folly?

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

5. Describe the worship of the goddess Folly.

6. How does Folly compare theologians to the apostles?

7. How does Folly relate to sin in the cases of Aaron, Saul, David, and Paul?

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

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

10. How does Folly differentiate between the two types of insanity?

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