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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Folly dresses in unaccustomed garb because she is imitating whom?
(a) Monks.
(b) The Sophists.
(c) Lucian.
(d) Homer.

2. Whom did Erasmus make the narrator of his book?
(a) Virgil.
(b) Folly.
(c) The pope.
(d) More.

3. Folly states that which group of people listens to the preaching of monks?
(a) The elderly and the poor.
(b) Merchants and women.
(c) Theologians and magicians.
(d) Fools and children.

4. Who, according to Folly, interpret the Holy Scripture to fit their own purposes?
(a) Kings.
(b) Theologians.
(c) Children.
(d) Monks.

5. What kind of audience does Folly say she hates?
(a) One that claps.
(b) One that does not forget.
(c) One that forgets.
(d) One that laughs.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Because Folly dispenses every benefit to all alike, what does she think she should be named?

3. How does Folly claim she is delivering her speech?

4. Where was Folly born?

5. In Folly's opinion, no one would be induced to take on the duties of a king without what?

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