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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. Who lives a chaste widowhood after Emperor Nero kills her husband, Drusus Tiberius?
(a) Lucretia.
(b) Antonia.
(c) Griselda.
(d) Hippo.

2. Who creates silk and dyes it to create clothes?
(a) Irene.
(b) Irene.
(c) Pamphile.
(d) Arachne.

3. Whose gift of prophecy causes some to claim that Phoebus loves her?
(a) Almathea.
(b) Elissa.
(c) Medea.
(d) Erythrea.

4. Who invents new forms of poetry?
(a) Cornifica.
(b) Sappho.
(c) Manto.
(d) Proba.

5. Who carries nine books to King Tarquin in Rome?
(a) Medea.
(b) Elissa.
(c) Almathea.
(d) Erythrea.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the trench is completed, what must Christine do to begin building the foundation?

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

3. Who is so well versed in the arts and sciences that even the bible speaks of her abilities?

4. Which of Boccaccio's writings does Rectitude allude to in Section 2, Part 52?

5. What does Marguerite de la Riviere do when she learns that the party missing from a ball is imprisoned for debt?

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