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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 18 - 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom does Folly consider her sister?
(a) Self-love.
(b) Pleasure.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Friendship.

2. What does Folly state is necessary for a woman to agree to wedlock?
(a) Love.
(b) Deception.
(c) Force.
(d) Madness.

3. Whom does Folly consider happier than Odysseus (also known as Ulysses)?
(a) Penelope.
(b) Athena.
(c) Gryllus.
(d) Zeus.

4. Folly states that examples from what prove that flattery can be sincere?
(a) Theologians.
(b) Literature.
(c) Animals.
(d) Children.

5. Whom does Folly hold responsible for introducing the branches of learning?
(a) Folly.
(b) Flattery.
(c) Evil spirits.
(d) Plato.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the father of Folly?

2. Which nation shows its self-love by claiming a monopoly on polite manners?

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

4. Those who take pride in their ancestry lead happy lives, thanks to whom?

5. Which soldier was "as cowardly in battle as he was skilled in speech-making"?

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