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

2. What does the magnificent sepulcher built in King Mausolus's honor become known as?
(a) A pyramid.
(b) A grave.
(c) A tomb.
(d) A mausoleum.

3. Who has complete knowledge of pyromancy?
(a) Medea.
(b) Proba.
(c) Manto.
(d) Nicostrata.

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

5. Which of Boccaccio's writings does Rectitude allude to in Section 2, Part 52?
(a) Matheolus.
(b) Women.
(c) Fear and Loathing.
(d) Decameron.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who mentions the claim that women hate their husbands when they are old and scholarly?

2. Who grieves for the remainder of her life after her husband, Socrates, dies?

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

4. Who ignores King Creon's edict forbidding burial and buries her beloved husband, Polynices?

5. Who invents the science and techniques of agriculture?

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