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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. According to Folly, who stretch the Holy Scriptures like a tanner with a hide?
(a) Folly.
(b) Priests.
(c) Rhetoricians.
(d) Theologians.

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

3. Which insect does Folly consider happy for following its natural instincts?
(a) The grasshopper.
(b) The butterfly.
(c) The wasp.
(d) The bee.

4. In the Holy Scriptures, which man says "I speak as a fool, I am more"?
(a) Paul.
(b) Christ.
(c) Peter.
(d) David.

5. What do all artists have, according to Folly?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Fame.
(d) Self-love.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In creation, God forbade man to eat of which tree?

3. Which god claims to free the mind from care?

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

5. The Stoics believed that nothing is as pitiable as what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Folly compare theologians to the apostles?

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

4. After comparing herself to Bacchus, in what ways does Folly consider herself superior to the other gods?

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

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

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

8. Does Folly state that monks are foolish?

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

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

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