Quiz 18

Question 1

What was the nickname for Desiderius Erasmus?

Answer 1

The Prince of Humanists

Question 2

In what language are all of Erasmus’s writings?

Answer 2

Latin

Question 3

In what structure did Erasmus live while in Basel?

Answer 3

a printing press house

Question 4

When was movable type available in China?

Answer 4

In the 11th century

Question 5

By when did Johannez Gutenburg perfect his printing press?

Answer 5

1450

Question 6

To what did Erasmus advocate a return?

Answer 6

the basic teachings of christ

Question 7

IN what basic conviction did Luther agree with the Church of Rome?

Answer 7

inherent sinfulness of human kind

Question 8

According to Luther, by what are humans not saved?

Answer 8

good works on earth

Question 9

In what year did Luther post his Ninety-Five Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Cathedral?

Answer 9

1517

Question 10

On What basis did Luther reject five of the 7 sacraments?

Answer 10

they are not found in the scripture

Question 11

According to Calvin, what did a persons’ wealth indicate?

Answer 11

a sign of gods favor

Question 12

T/F: The Anabaptists were among the first to give religious sanction to political disobedience

Answer 12

True

Question 13

What are Erasmus’s dates, as near as we can guess?

Answer 13

1466-1536

Question 14

As councilor to whom was Erasmus prompted him to write Education of a Christian Prince?

Answer 14

King Charles of Spain

Question 15

While Luther argued for “God’s uncircumscribed majesty” on what did Erasmus focus?

Answer 15

necessity of free will

Question 16

In whose home did Erasmus write The Praise of Folly?

Answer 16

Thomas More

Question 17

What can Folly accomplish “in a flash simply by making an appearance”?

Answer 17

to clear the mind of troubles and sorrows

Question 18

What must one do “if he ever wants to be a father”?

Answer 18

come to folly

Question 19

According to the quotation from Sophocles, what is it “that is the good life”?

Answer 19

never to think

Question 20

T/F: According to Folly, childbirth is one of life’s most beautiful miracles

Answer 20

False

Question 21

According to Folly, medicine is a “subdivision of” what art?

Answer 21

flattery

Question 22

Who are “the least miserable among men”?

Answer 22

those who are closest to the level of intelligence of animals

Question 23

T/F: The powers of most saints are assumed to be very specialized

Answer 23

True

Question 24

T/F: According to Folly, the human mind is far more attracted to false appearances than to reality

Answer 24

True

Question 25

Whom do “great rulers suspect and despise”?

Answer 25

those who are intelligent

Question 26

For what reason did the apostle Paul openly condemn knowledge?

Answer 26

it puffs up men

Question 27

What does Folly say her listeners should not have?

Answer 27

a memory