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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1 - 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Erasmus name as a famous author who wrote frivolity?
(a) Defoe.
(b) Augustine.
(c) Virgil.
(d) Chaucer.

2. In which year did Erasmus date his Prefatory Letter?
(a) 1508.
(b) 1500.
(c) 1598.
(d) 1550.

3. What is unknown in the place of Folly's birth?
(a) Toil, old age, and sickness.
(b) Youth, immaturity, and pain.
(c) Harsh words or war.
(d) Gardens.

4. Who considers themselves gods on earth if they can use Greek words in their speeches?
(a) Professors.
(b) Rhetoricians.
(c) Sophists.
(d) English.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Erasmus believes he is not writing sarcasm, but what instead?

2. Erasmus says he wants to survey the ridiculous rather than the what?

3. Folly is the true bestower of what?

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

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

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