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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. When Veturia begs her son to make peace, what does he tell her she should do instead of begging him?
(a) Leave him alone.
(b) Stop listening to other people.
(c) Command him.
(d) Never speak to him again.

2. Who are the three Jewish women to whom God grants the gift of prophecy?
(a) Dido, Lavinia, and Sempronia.
(b) Deborah, Elizabeth, and Anna.
(c) Almatea, Nicostrata, and Opis.
(d) Erythrea, Medea, and Elissa.

3. Who defeats Xerxes when he attacks the Lacedaemoniana?
(a) Camilla.
(b) Zenobia.
(c) Artemisia.
(d) Lilia.

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

5. Who devotedly loves King Mithradates despite the fact that he has many concubines?
(a) Queen Hypsicratea.
(b) Queen Dido.
(c) Queen Claudine.
(d) Queen Drypetina.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who hides and saves her husband, Quintus Lucretius, when he is sentenced to death for a crime?

2. Who welcomes the citizens to the City of Ladies?

3. Whose birth and life does Erythrea foretell?

4. Who is denounced by two old priests when they fail in their attempt to make her sin?

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

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