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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 38 - 40.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Folly call unpopular, although they are happy because of their self-satisfaction?
(a) Merchants.
(b) Children.
(c) Monks.
(d) Women.

2. Folly is in poor repute even amongst whom?
(a) The noblemen.
(b) The greatest fools.
(c) The learned.
(d) Madmen.

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

4. Who comprises the happiest group of people, according to Folly?
(a) The wise.
(b) Liars, cheats, robbers, and swindlers.
(c) The learned.
(d) Idiots, fools, nitwits, and simpletons.

5. How does Folly describe the schools where schoolmasters teach?
(a) Storehouses of knowledge.
(b) Quiet places of study.
(c) Citadels of wisdom.
(d) Treadmills and torture chambers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which book of the Bible does Folly first quote as speaking on her behalf?

2. Who is the father of Folly?

3. Whom does Folly quote as an authority who praises her by saying, "The world is full of fools"?

4. Philosophers say that man can compensate for what nature has denied him by what?

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?

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