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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 13, II/61-II/69.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Lady Reason, what goes against reason and nature?
(a) Chastity and virtue.
(b) Malice and gossip.
(c) Dislike of women.
(d) A natural delight in slander.

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

4. Who does Theseus beg to marry?
(a) Hippolyta.
(b) Thamiris.
(c) Menalippe.
(d) Synoppe.

5. Who honors her husband in death by building a magnificent sepulcher to him?
(a) Artemisia.
(b) Aggrippina.
(c) Argia.
(d) Triaria.

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. What does Ghismonda do when her father kills her lover?

3. To Cato's claim that attractive women are like roses with thorns underneath, what does Reason say the thorns represent?

4. Who does Queen Penthesila fall in love with when she hears of his courageous feats?

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

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