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

2. Why does Christine wonder if marriage is unbearable?
(a) Because women are impossible to live with.
(b) Because men are impossible to live with.
(c) Because men are inconstant.
(d) Because women are inconstant.

3. Who avenges her mother's death by killing the entire population of her mother's murderer's country?
(a) Semiramis.
(b) Synoppe.
(c) Menalippe.
(d) Hippolyta.

4. What does Hypsipyle do when rebels advance to kill her father, King Thaos?
(a) Commits suicide.
(b) Turns him over to the rebels.
(c) Runs away to a monastery.
(d) Hides him in a trunk.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why don't women participate in court?

3. Who helps Jason acquire the Golden Fleece?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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