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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) Hippolyta.
(d) Semiramis.

2. Who are the first Amazons to attack the invading Greeks?
(a) Menalippe and Hippolyta.
(b) Synoppe and Hippolyta.
(c) Menalippe and Synoppe.
(d) Synoppe and Thamiris.

3. What male author praises intellectual women?
(a) Plato.
(b) Boccacio.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Matheolus.

4. Who has complete knowledge of pyromancy?
(a) Nicostrata.
(b) Medea.
(c) Manto.
(d) Proba.

5. Who tricks the guard of an enemy king and leads high-born Roman virgins back to their families?
(a) Artemisia.
(b) Cloelia.
(c) Lilia.
(d) Fredegunde.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invents the science and techniques of agriculture?

2. Why is the idea that female children result from a deficiency in the womb irrational?

3. What is Christine supposed to build?

4. Why does Christine think herself unfortunate?

5. Why have the daughters of God been sent to Earth?

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