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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 is Irene's master that teaches her to paint?
(a) da Vinci.
(b) Cratinus.
(c) Pamphile.
(d) Marcia.

2. What does Rectitude claim few wives are?
(a) Unreasonable and willful.
(b) Kind and generous.
(c) Hateful and vicious.
(d) Spiteful and angry.

3. Who falls out of favor with Emperor Justinian but regains favor by following his wife's advice?
(a) Belisarius.
(b) Holofernes.
(c) Justin.
(d) Julius Caesar.

4. Who is renamed Dido after founding Carthage?
(a) Lavinia.
(b) Elissa.
(c) Carilla.
(d) Sempronia.

5. When a woman is tortured for information concerning conspirators against Nero who met at her house, what does she do?
(a) Refuses to betray the conspirators.
(b) Reveals the conspirators.
(c) Kills Nero.
(d) Commits suicide.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is a better painter than the men of her time?

2. What is better than good judgment because it can benefit mankind for all of eternity?

3. Who creates silk and dyes it to create clothes?

4. Which queen is responsible for capturing and killing King Cyrus when he attempts to attack the Amazons?

5. Who will bring the queen and princesses to the City of Ladies?

(see the answer key)

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