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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. What male author praises intellectual women?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Plato.
(c) Matheolus.
(d) Boccacio.

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

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

4. Who is able to reverse people's emotions and exhort men to perform courageous feats?
(a) Sempronia.
(b) Dido.
(c) Elissa.
(d) Lavinia.

5. Who is honored by Roman newlywed wives' desire to emulate her?
(a) Gaia Carilla.
(b) Dido.
(c) Juno.
(d) Lavinia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is so intelligent that many declare that she is the goddess of arms, warfare, and wisdom?

2. Who marries Saturn and gives birth to Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto?

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

4. After all the noble males in Scythia are killed, what do the women become after forbidding men to enter their kingdom?

5. Who falls out of favor with Emperor Justinian but regains favor by following his wife's advice?

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