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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 12, II/52-II/60.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Lisabetta of Messina hide Lorenzo's severed head?
(a) In her closet.
(b) She cannot find Lorenzo's head.
(c) In a pot of basil.
(d) In her garden.

2. Why does Julia lose her will to live?
(a) Julius Caesar dies.
(b) Pompey is unfaithful to her.
(c) Julius Caesar disowns her.
(d) She sees Pompey's bloody robes.

3. Who is so intelligent that many declare that she is the goddess of arms, warfare, and wisdom?
(a) Isis.
(b) Minerva.
(c) Medea.
(d) Nicostrata.

4. According to Rectitude, when will women attain perfection?
(a) Never.
(b) When men do.
(c) Very soon.
(d) Women are already perfect.

5. Who invents the science and techniques of agriculture?
(a) Medea.
(b) Isis.
(c) Nicostrata.
(d) Ceres.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pyramus do when he find Thisbe's veil which was eaten and vomited by a lion?

2. What does the magnificent sepulcher built in King Mausolus's honor become known as?

3. Why does Leander routinely swim across Hellespont?

4. Who screams obscenities at Emperor Nero in an attempt to receive the same sentence as her husband, Seneca?

5. Who honors her husband in death by building a magnificent sepulcher to him?

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