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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. In Section 2, Part 24, how do the Lacedaemonian wives help their knightly husbands escape from prison?
(a) The Lacedaemonian wives do not help their husbands escape from prison.
(b) By visiting and trading clothes which allows their husbands to escape.
(c) By stealing the jail key and releasing them.
(d) By appealing to the court system.

2. Which queen is responsible for capturing and killing King Cyrus when he attempts to attack the Amazons?
(a) Queen Synoppe.
(b) Queen Dido.
(c) Queen Thamiris.
(d) Queen Fredegunde.

3. How does Marquis Saluzzo's wife react to his claim that he must kill their children to appease his barons?
(a) She does not complain.
(b) She runs away with her children.
(c) She kills him.
(d) She cries hysterically.

4. Who follows King Mithradates into battle rather than reveling in luxury in her own land?
(a) Queen Drypetina of Laodicea.
(b) Queen Griselda of France.
(c) Queen Claudine of Rome.
(d) Queen Hypicratea of Amazonia.

5. Who does Ghismonda take as a lover?
(a) Pyramus.
(b) Guiscardo.
(c) Jason.
(d) Leander.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who throws herself overboard to avoid being raped when she is kidnapped?

2. Who creates the Latin alphabet?

3. Whose birth and life does Erythrea foretell?

4. Where does Lisabetta of Messina hide Lorenzo's severed head?

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

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