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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 does Christine praise in Section 2, Part 20?
(a) Xanthippe.
(b) Gaia Carilla.
(c) Countess of Coemen.
(d) Tertia Aemilia.

2. Who is sent to school with her brother due to her parents' clever trick?
(a) Cornifica.
(b) Proba.
(c) Medea.
(d) Sappho.

3. Who changes Ulysses's men into swine?
(a) Circe.
(b) Manto.
(c) Medea.
(d) Ceres.

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

5. In Section 2, Part 24, how do the Lacedaemonian wives help their knightly husbands escape from prison?
(a) The Lacedaemonian wives do not help their husbands escape from prison.
(b) By stealing the jail key and releasing them.
(c) By visiting and trading clothes which allows their husbands to escape.
(d) By appealing to the court system.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Julia lose her will to live?

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

3. Who invents the science and techniques of agriculture?

4. Who excels in the seven liberal arts and becomes a remarkable poet?

5. What male author praises intellectual women?

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