Erasmus's Work the Praise of Folly Is Written in the Style

question 44

Multiple Choice

Erasmus's work The Praise of Folly is written in the style of:

• A) a serious moral treatise meant to offer guidance.
• B) a scholarly edition of a basic Christian text.
• C) a clever satire meant to show people the error of their ways.
• D) parody of the books of the Christian Old Testament.
• E) all of these: it contains elements of all four styles.

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