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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. Whom does Folly consider happier than Odysseus (also known as Ulysses)?
(a) Zeus.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Gryllus.
(d) Athena.

2. Which book of the Bible does Folly first quote as speaking on her behalf?
(a) Romans.
(b) Genesis.
(c) Ecclesiastes.
(d) Daniel.

3. The Stoics believed that nothing is as pitiable as what?
(a) Emotions.
(b) Insanity.
(c) Grief.
(d) Religious devotion.

4. Who protested when his friends rescued him from delusion?
(a) Barnabas.
(b) Horace's Argive.
(c) Homer's Odysseus.
(d) Achilles.

5. According to Folly, if a doctor is foolish, what soars higher?
(a) His reputation.
(b) His mistakes.
(c) His wisdom.
(d) His ego.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Holy Scriptures, which man says "I speak as a fool, I am more"?

2. Who comprises the happiest group of people, according to Folly?

3. Folly believes that medicine and law are an aspect of what?

4. Who can speak the truth without giving offense, according to Folly?

5. What do all artists have, according to Folly?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. According to Folly, how did Christ show folly?

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

4. How does Folly compare theologians to the apostles?

5. How does Folly relate to sin in the cases of Aaron, Saul, David, and Paul?

6. How does Folly respond to the argument that foolishness is an unhappy state?

7. Does Folly state that monks are foolish?

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

9. Describe the worship of the goddess Folly.

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

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