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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 15, III/10-III/19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why don't women participate in court?
(a) Because women are not moral enough.
(b) Because women are not intelligent enough.
(c) Because court goes against women's natural modesty.
(d) Because women are intimidated by criminals.

2. Who is Aeneas's wife and the mother of Julius Silvanus?
(a) Opis.
(b) Dido.
(c) Lavinia.
(d) Sempronia.

3. Who loves Queen Blanche of France for life despite the impossibility of having his love returned?
(a) King Aucejas.
(b) King Saint Louis.
(c) King Guiscardo.
(d) King Lorenzo.

4. What name does Marina assume when she joins her father's monastery?
(a) Brother Smaragdus.
(b) Father John.
(c) Brother Boccaccio.
(d) Brother Marinus.

5. Who do the Ephesians commission to paint a portrait of Diana?
(a) Thamaris.
(b) Arachne.
(c) Irene.
(d) Pamphile.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Christine pray for at the end of this book?

2. What country does Artemisia become Queen of?

3. Why does Saint Catherine chide Emperor Maxentius?

4. Who conquers Ethiopia and India?

5. Who is Irene's master that teaches her to paint?

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