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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Folly, to whom does life owe its beginning?
(a) Pallas.
(b) Jupiter.
(c) God.
(d) Folly.

2. Which nymph among Folly's aids claps her hands, with laughter in her eyes?
(a) Flattery.
(b) Delight.
(c) Mirth.
(d) Drunkenness.

3. Who is the father of Folly?
(a) Plutus.
(b) Poseidon.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Achilles.

4. Where was Folly born?
(a) A hollow cave.
(b) The Islands of the Blest.
(c) The Island of Troy.
(d) Wandering Delos.

5. Who speaks at the beginning of The Praise of Folly?
(a) Praise.
(b) Folly.
(c) Homer.
(d) More.

6. What does Folly accuse of causing the bloom of youthful beauty to fade?
(a) Mature sense.
(b) Moral maturity.
(c) Old age.
(d) Folly.

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

8. Who is the only one who can gladden the hearts of gods and men, according to Folly?
(a) Silenus.
(b) Bacchus.
(c) Wine.
(d) Folly.

9. Folly states that a man must love whom in order to love anyone?
(a) Himself.
(b) His wife.
(c) Honor.
(d) God.

10. Folly considers emotions to be what in relation to wisdom?
(a) Masters.
(b) Deterrents.
(c) Slaves and subjects.
(d) Guides and incentives.

11. What does Folly say that babies have that rewards those who look after them?
(a) Innocence.
(b) The wisdom of folly.
(c) The beauty of Helen.
(d) The charm of folly.

12. Which god was given a name that means "foolish" in Greek?
(a) Aphrodite.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Venus.
(d) Bacchus.

13. Because Folly dispenses every benefit to all alike, what does she think she should be named?
(a) "Fountain of Blessings"
(b) "Alpha" of all gods.
(c) "Goddess Divine."
(d) "Benefactor" of all men.

14. Who segregated passions from the wise man?
(a) Socrates.
(b) The Stoics.
(c) The Sophists.
(d) The Epicureans.

15. What grows in the place of Folly's birth?
(a) The gardens of Adonis.
(b) Butterflies.
(c) Onions.
(d) The tree of life.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Folly recall the elderly?

2. What does Folly state is necessary for a woman to agree to wedlock?

3. Erasmus answers the charge that he is too sarcastic by saying that ________ has always enjoyed freedom to exercise their wit on the common life of man.

4. Which age in a man's life does Folly describe as the happiest?

5. Folly claims that all emotions belong to whom?

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