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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4, I/28-I/36.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who conquers Ethiopia and India?
(a) Hippolyta.
(b) Semiramis.
(c) Synoppe.
(d) Caria.

3. Who writes "Letter of Othea to Hector"?
(a) Proba.
(b) Christine de Pizan.
(c) Sappho.
(d) Nicostrata.

4. Who is so intelligent that many declare that she is the goddess of arms, warfare, and wisdom?
(a) Nicostrata.
(b) Minerva.
(c) Medea.
(d) Isis.

5. Who defeats her enemy by instructing the army to hold boughs from trees so the enemy thinks the forest is near?
(a) Queen Artemisia.
(b) Queen Camilla.
(c) Queen Zenobia.
(d) Queen Fredegunde.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Clotar's mother?

2. Who are the first Amazons to attack the invading Greeks?

3. Who is so well versed in the arts and sciences that even the bible speaks of her abilities?

4. What is Christine supposed to build?

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

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