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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 is so well versed in the arts and sciences that even the bible speaks of her abilities?
(a) Queen Zenobia.
(b) Queen Thamiris.
(c) Empress Hippolyta.
(d) Empress Nicuala.

2. Who carries nine books to King Tarquin in Rome?
(a) Elissa.
(b) Medea.
(c) Erythrea.
(d) Almathea.

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

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

5. Who predicts the fall of Troy?
(a) Nicostrata.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Queen Basine.
(d) Cassandra.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country does Artemisia become Queen of?

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

3. Who restores Metabus' throne?

4. Who excels in the seven liberal arts and becomes a remarkable poet?

5. Who does mankind gain more from than was lost through Eve?

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