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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Folly say everyone finds delightful about adolescence?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Life.
(c) Folly.
(d) Energy.

2. How does Folly claim she is delivering her speech?
(a) Quickly.
(b) Extempore, or unprepared.
(c) With great emotion.
(d) With intentionality and serious thought.

3. Who is the father of Folly?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Plutus.
(c) Poseidon.
(d) Achilles.

4. How was Folly born?
(a) She does not know.
(b) Her father made her spring from his brain.
(c) Her father married her mother.
(d) Her father laid with a nymph.

5. How did Folly begin life?
(a) Crying.
(b) Smiling sweetly.
(c) Deviously.
(d) Running and jumping.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are under the protection of the gods and Folly?

2. Who considers themselves gods on earth if they can use Greek words in their speeches?

3. What is unknown in the place of Folly's birth?

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

5. Erasmus marvels that present-day ears can bear to hear only what?

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