The Praise of Folly Quizzes

The Praise of Folly Quiz 1

1 What year was the Praise of Folly published?
1509

1510

1511

1512
2 Who was this work written to amuse?
The Pope

Martin Luther

Thomas More

John Calvin
3 Which figure ignited the Protestant Reformation?
Martin Luther

Augustine

Erasmus

Cicero
4 The Greek word for "folly" sounds like
Luther's name

Pope Leo X's name

Thomas More's last name

Erasmus's name
5 All of the following are defenses Erasume gives for his work in the preface EXCEPT
Erasmus was not cataloguing sins or criticizing individuals

Good wits have always been allowed to exercise their high spirits

The Pope commissioned this work

The classical authors wrote on similar subjects
6 All of the following are mentioned in the preface EXCEPT
Plato

Lucian

Homer

Virgil
7 All of the following are true EXCEPT
Folly gives her oration to herself

Folly is speaking in a hall

Folly has a company of her attendants with her

Folly has donned ass's ears
8 Who is the best person to offer up praises to Folly?
Herself

The people

God

Philautia
9 Stultitia is
Folly's Latin name

The god of madness

The goddess of self-love

Folly's Greek name
10 Who was Folly's father?
Homer

Plutus

Saturn

Jove
11 Folly's mother was the nymph of
Licentiousness

Beauty

Wisdom

Youth
12 Where was Folly raised?
Crete

The Fortunate Isles

Heaven

Hell
13 What does Philautia represent?
Flattery

Wisdom

Youth

Self-love
14 What does Kolakia represent?
Self-love

Flattery

Youth

Festivity
15 All of the following are Folly's attendants EXCEPT
Forgetfulness

Flattery

Imbecility

Beauty
16 What is the "true quality of a god?"
to expose mortals' shortcomings

to be wise

to bring knowledge to mortals

the bring joy to mortals
17 Life owes its very beginnings to
Wisdom

Folly

Chance

Sin
18 "Not even the stoics despise ________...."
Wisdom

Sin

Pleasure

Money
19 Children are made tolerable by
Their parents' infinite patience

The charm of foolishness

Their small stature

Their childish wisdom
20 In regards to old age,
Folly has no part to play

Folly brings about a second childhood

Folly encourages the elderly to act their age

Folly prepares the elderly for death
21 Folly's adherents/followers are
Old and wizened

Burdened with their cares

Plump and happy

Beautiful but boring
22 What is the proverb concerning the Brabanters about?
Marriage

Religion

Love

Age and pleasure
23 Which god does Folly NOT use as an example of one of her followers?
Bacchus

Athena

Venus

Cupid
24 What is Momus the god of?
Youth

Labor

Satire

Knowledge
25 If wisdom is guided by reason, what is folly guided by?
Sin

Love

The emotions

Logic

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The Praise of Folly

by Desiderius Erasmus

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