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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11 - 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom did the ancient sophists praise?
(a) Gods and heroes.
(b) Themselves.
(c) The learned.
(d) Trivialities.

2. To whom did Erasmus dedicate The Praise of Folly?
(a) Henry VIII.
(b) Thomas More.
(c) Homer.
(d) Martin Luther.

3. Erasmus states that his praise of folly has not been altogether what?
(a) Wasted.
(b) Criticized.
(c) Foolish.
(d) Welcomed.

4. Folly states that men create art because of a thirst for what?
(a) Fame.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Independence.
(d) Money.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Folly say would be rampant without her?

2. Erasmus remembers that someone wrote the last will and testament of the piglet Grunnius Corocotta, as mentioned by whom?

3. What does Folly say that babies have that rewards those who look after them?

4. Why are women willing to repeat childbirth, in Folly's opinion?

5. What first put the idea of The Praise of Folly into Erasmus's head?

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