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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6, II/1-II/6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is honored by Roman newlywed wives' desire to emulate her?
(a) Juno.
(b) Dido.
(c) Gaia Carilla.
(d) Lavinia.

3. Who helps Jason acquire the Golden Fleece?
(a) Manto.
(b) Medea.
(c) Sappho.
(d) Circes.

4. Who invents new forms of poetry?
(a) Manto.
(b) Sappho.
(c) Cornifica.
(d) Proba.

5. Who is able to reverse people's emotions and exhort men to perform courageous feats?
(a) Dido.
(b) Elissa.
(c) Lavinia.
(d) Sempronia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Aeneas's wife and the mother of Julius Silvanus?

2. Who carries nine books to King Tarquin in Rome?

3. What male author praises intellectual women?

4. Which queen is responsible for capturing and killing King Cyrus when he attempts to attack the Amazons?

5. Who is the author of the book that Christine reads at the beginning of "The Book of the City of Ladies"?

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