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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. Who bets that he can seduce Bernabo's wife?
(a) Decameron.
(b) Ambrose.
(c) Boccaccio.
(d) Bernabo.

2. Who invents the Egyptian alphabet?
(a) Medea.
(b) Isis.
(c) Minerva.
(d) Ceres.

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

4. What does Pyramus do when he find Thisbe's veil which was eaten and vomited by a lion?
(a) Tells her parents.
(b) Finds a new betrothed.
(c) Commits suicide.
(d) Cries until he is found.

5. Who excels in the seven liberal arts and becomes a remarkable poet?
(a) Sappho.
(b) Proba.
(c) Manto.
(d) Cornifica.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who creates the Latin alphabet?

2. In Section 2, Part 24, how do the Lacedaemonian wives help their knightly husbands escape from prison?

3. What male author praises intellectual women?

4. Why does Leander routinely swim across Hellespont?

5. Who helps Jason acquire the Golden Fleece?

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