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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 9, II/25-II/33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who receives high honors for saving her father when his enemies attack him during a triumphal procession in Rome?
(a) Triaria.
(b) Antonia.
(c) Griselda.
(d) Claudine.

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

3. Who convinces King Ahasuerus to rescind his order to kill all Jews?
(a) Queen Judith.
(b) Queen Antonia.
(c) Queen Esther.
(d) Queen Portia.

4. Who saves the Jews by beheading Holofernes?
(a) Judith.
(b) Curia.
(c) Esther.
(d) Antonia.

5. Why do Hercules and Theseus invade the Amazons?
(a) Because they fear the Amazons.
(b) There is peace between the Greeks and the Amazons.
(c) The Amazons invade the Greeks.
(d) Because they want wives.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a woman is tortured for information concerning conspirators against Nero who met at her house, what does she do?

2. Who invents new forms of poetry?

3. Who invents the Egyptian alphabet?

4. What does Hypsipyle do when rebels advance to kill her father, King Thaos?

5. Who does Rectitude cite as an example of a discreet woman?

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