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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 - 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who segregated passions from the wise man?
(a) The Sophists.
(b) The Stoics.
(c) The Epicureans.
(d) Socrates.

2. What does Folly say would be rampant without her?
(a) Divorce.
(b) Learning.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Babies.

3. Who are the two gods in Folly's household?
(a) Zeus and Mars.
(b) Zeus and Theseus.
(c) Mirth and Longevity.
(d) Revelry and Sound Sleep.

4. What does Folly say that the stoics degrade in public?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Sophistry.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) Friendship.

5. Folly's father is the god of what?
(a) Pleasure.
(b) Riches.
(c) Peace.
(d) War.

Short Answer Questions

1. Erasmus complains that many people find jokes against popes and princes more offensive than what?

2. Whom does Folly hold responsible for introducing the branches of learning?

3. Who is the only one who can gladden the hearts of gods and men, according to Folly?

4. Folly dresses in unaccustomed garb because she is imitating whom?

5. According to the Prefatory Letter, Erasmus wrote The Praise of Folly on his journey to England from where?

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