{"id":237,"date":"2024-03-05T14:55:01","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T14:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=237"},"modified":"2024-03-05T14:55:01","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T14:55:01","slug":"who-wrote-the-book-the-praise-of-folly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/who-wrote-the-book-the-praise-of-folly\/","title":{"rendered":"Who wrote the book &#8220;The Praise of Folly&#8221;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n    <!-- Check if it's an AMP page -->\r\n            <!-- Non-AMP version -->\r\n        <div class=\"mcq-container\" data-quiz-id=\"quizState_6a97f91f029bd\">\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option1\" data-is-correct=\"false\">\r\n                    Martin Luther                <\/div>\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option2\" data-is-correct=\"false\">\r\n                    Calvin                <\/div>\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option3\" data-is-correct=\"true\">\r\n                    Erasmus                <\/div>\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option4\" data-is-correct=\"false\">\r\n                    Voltaire                <\/div>\r\n                            \r\n            <!-- Feedback messages for non-AMP -->\r\n            <div class=\"feedback\" data-feedback=\"wrong\">Answer is Right!<\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"feedback\" data-feedback=\"right\">Answer is Wrong!<\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        <script>\r\n        document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {\r\n            var containers = document.querySelectorAll('.mcq-container');\r\n\r\n            containers.forEach(function(container) {\r\n                var options = container.querySelectorAll('.option');\r\n                var feedbackSelect = container.querySelector('[data-feedback=\"select\"]');\r\n                var feedbackWrong = container.querySelector('[data-feedback=\"wrong\"]');\r\n                var feedbackRight = container.querySelector('[data-feedback=\"right\"]');\r\n\r\n                options.forEach(function(option) {\r\n                    option.addEventListener('click', function() {\r\n                        var selectedOption = option.getAttribute('data-option-key');\r\n                        var isCorrect = option.getAttribute('data-is-correct') === 'true';\r\n\r\n                        \/\/ Remove previous selections\r\n                        options.forEach(function(opt) {\r\n                            opt.classList.remove('correct', 'incorrect');\r\n                        });\r\n\r\n                        \/\/ Add the correct\/incorrect class\r\n                        if (isCorrect) {\r\n                            option.classList.add('correct');\r\n                            feedbackRight.hidden = false;\r\n                            feedbackWrong.hidden = true;\r\n                        } else {\r\n                            option.classList.add('incorrect');\r\n                            feedbackRight.hidden = true;\r\n                            feedbackWrong.hidden = false;\r\n                        }\r\n\r\n                        \/\/ Hide select feedback\r\n                        feedbackSelect.hidden = true;\r\n                    });\r\n                });\r\n            });\r\n        });\r\n        <\/script>\r\n    \r\n    <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The correct answer is (c). Erasmus wrote the book &#8220;The Praise of Folly&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Martin Luther was a German monk, theologian, university professor and church reformer whose ideas inspired the Protestant Reformation and changed the course of Western civilization.<\/p>\n<p>John Calvin was a French theologian and pastor during the Protestant Reformation. He was a principal figure in the development of the Reformed church, and he remains influential in the theology of the Reformed and Presbyterian churches of the world.<\/p>\n<p>Voltaire was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church and his advocacy of freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and separation of church and state.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Praise of Folly&#8221; is an essay by the Dutch Renaissance humanist Desiderius Erasmus, first published in 1509. 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