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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Folly states that man's mind is most susceptible to what?
(a) Truth.
(b) Facts.
(c) Falsehoods.
(d) Reality.

2. How many statues does Folly have?
(a) As many as there are men who wear her image.
(b) As many as there are stars in the sky.
(c) As many as there are fish.
(d) As many as there are jesters.

3. Folly believes that medicine and law are an aspect of what?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Flattery.
(c) Prudence.
(d) Nature.

4. Men seek from saints that which belongs to whom?
(a) God.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) The Virgin Mary.
(d) Folly.

5. In the Holy Scriptures, which man says "I speak as a fool, I am more"?
(a) Peter.
(b) Paul.
(c) David.
(d) Christ.

Short Answer Questions

1. Folly says that God takes great pleasure in whom?

2. Euripides says that the wise man has two what?

3. Which character represents "flattery given to another"?

4. Of the fools, who does Folly say handles the meanest sort of business by the meanest methods?

5. According to Folly, man's happiness depends not upon facts, but upon what?

Short Essay Questions

1. While interpreting Paul's words, "I speak as a fool, I am more," Folly digresses to speak about what?

2. How does Folly explain that humans amuse the gods?

3. How does Folly compare theologians to the apostles?

4. Where in the courts of kings does Folly say that she is evident?

5. How does Folly argue that Fortune favors the foolish?

6. According to Folly, who was happier: Gryllus or Odysseus? Why?

7. Explain the communal form of Self-love, which Folly claims Nature has implanted.

8. Before using the Scriptures, which authorities does Folly cite as supporting her?

9. According to Folly, which legendary age produced the happiest people, and why?

10. Why does Folly say that kings like to be around fools?

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