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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 praise?
(a) Rhetoricians.
(b) Herself.
(c) The king.
(d) Erasmus.

2. Folly believes that the happiest men use for their guide only whom?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Themselves.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Nature.

3. Orators prepare long speeches to do what Folly does with her what?
(a) Speech.
(b) Laughter.
(c) Riddles.
(d) Looks.

4. By Stoic definition, what does folly mean?
(a) Moved by the passions.
(b) Belonging to women.
(c) Given to frivolity.
(d) Without wisdom.

5. Which soldier was "as cowardly in battle as he was skilled in speech-making"?
(a) Quintilian.
(b) Erasmus.
(c) Demosthenes.
(d) Cicero.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Erasmus name as a famous author who wrote frivolity?

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

3. What must one do to be considered a god, according to Folly?

4. What do some foolish men believe will purify them from a lifetime of sin?

5. What does Folly accuse of causing the bloom of youthful beauty to fade?

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