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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) In her garden.
(c) In a pot of basil.
(d) She cannot find Lorenzo's head.

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

3. Who writes "Letter of Othea to Hector"?
(a) Sappho.
(b) Nicostrata.
(c) Christine de Pizan.
(d) Proba.

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

5. Who commits suicide when Aeneas sneaks away in the middle of the night?
(a) Thisbe.
(b) Medea.
(c) Queen Dido of Carthage.
(d) Grisela.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Leander routinely swim across Hellespont?

2. Who invents new forms of poetry?

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

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

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

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