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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. About whom is Folly speaking in the following: "They pay high tribute to folly in believing that what can't be refuted by argument can often be parried by laughter."
(a) Kings.
(b) Merchants.
(c) Rhetoricians.
(d) Popes.

2. The Stoics believed that nothing is as pitiable as what?
(a) Grief.
(b) Emotions.
(c) Religious devotion.
(d) Insanity.

3. Which wise men of his day did Folly say that Christ attacked?
(a) Rhetoricians, orators, and Stoics.
(b) Rabbis.
(c) Schoolmasters.
(d) Pharisees, scribes, and teachers of the Law.

4. Philosophers say that man can compensate for what nature has denied him by what?
(a) Praying.
(b) Learning.
(c) Instinct.
(d) Sleeping.

5. In creation, God forbade man to eat of which tree?
(a) The tree of hate.
(b) The tree of love.
(c) The tree of folly.
(d) The tree of knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Folly says that popes would lose all advantages if they showed what?

2. Who, according to Folly, believes they support the church by their syllogisms, and without them it would fall?

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

4. According to Folly, if a doctor is foolish, what soars higher?

5. Folly observes priests doing what with their duties?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Folly state that monks are foolish?

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

3. What does Ecclesiastes say about folly?

4. According to Folly, which kind of authors are happy?

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

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

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

8. While interpreting Paul's words, "I speak as a fool, I am more," Folly digresses to speak about what?

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

10. How does Folly compare theologians to the apostles?

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