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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About whom is Folly speaking in the following: "They pay high tribute to folly in believing that what can't be refuted by argument can often be parried by laughter."
(a) Rhetoricians.
(b) Kings.
(c) Merchants.
(d) Popes.

2. According to Folly, who despises money?
(a) The wise man.
(b) The fool.
(c) The merchant.
(d) The greedy.

3. Among the learned men, whom does Folly call the most self-satisfied?
(a) Merchants.
(b) Poets.
(c) Lawyers.
(d) Schoolmasters.

4. Folly says that popes would lose all advantages if they showed what?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Folly.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Love.

5. Making himself agreeable by flattery is a skill becoming to whom, according to Folly?
(a) A schoolmaster.
(b) A monk.
(c) A courtier.
(d) A king.

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

7. Whom does Folly describe as "thrifty, impoverished, miserable, grumpy, harsh and unjust to himself, disagreeable and prematurely white-haired and senile . . ."?
(a) The wise man.
(b) The aged man.
(c) The fool.
(d) The idiot.

8. Which insect does Folly consider happy for following its natural instincts?
(a) The bee.
(b) The butterfly.
(c) The wasp.
(d) The grasshopper.

9. Which character represents "flattery given to another"?
(a) Neptune.
(b) Venus.
(c) Folly.
(d) Kolakia.

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

11. Because they are amusing, Folly claims that fools are the favorites of whom?
(a) Kings.
(b) The gods.
(c) Animals.
(d) Children.

12. Whom does Fortune favor?
(a) The cautious and wise.
(b) The lazy and insipid.
(c) The injudicious and venturesome.
(d) The slow and ambling.

13. The people of which age lived happily without science or learning?
(a) The Golden Age.
(b) The Bronze Age.
(c) The Middle Ages.
(d) The Age of Innocence.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Folly, members of the church hierarchy leave everything to devote themselves to what?

2. Unlike the goddess Diana, Folly does not demand what?

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

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

5. To whom does God reveal the mystery of salvation, according to Folly?

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