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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 34 - 37.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Among the learned men, whom does Folly call the most self-satisfied?
(a) Schoolmasters.
(b) Lawyers.
(c) Poets.
(d) Merchants.

2. Who speaks at the beginning of The Praise of Folly?
(a) More.
(b) Folly.
(c) Praise.
(d) Homer.

3. Because they are amusing, Folly claims that fools are the favorites of whom?
(a) Children.
(b) Kings.
(c) Animals.
(d) The gods.

4. What is the least deceptive mirror of the mind?
(a) Eyes.
(b) Looks.
(c) Actions.
(d) Speech.

5. According to Erasmus, nothing is more entertaining than treating what in such a way as to make it clear you are doing anything but trifling with them?
(a) Political leaders.
(b) Readers.
(c) Serious subjects.
(d) Trivialities.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom did Erasmus dedicate The Praise of Folly?

2. Folly states that a man must love whom in order to love anyone?

3. What does Folly say that the stoics degrade in public?

4. Folly is the true bestower of what?

5. Folly says that to be foolish is not to be miserable, but to be what?

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