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

2. Whose birth and life does Erythrea foretell?
(a) Socrates's.
(b) Christine's.
(c) Jesus Christ's.
(d) Shakespeare's.

3. Who invents the Egyptian alphabet?
(a) Medea.
(b) Ceres.
(c) Minerva.
(d) Isis.

4. Who prophesies that the King of Thuringia will receive a vision if he remains chaste on his wedding night?
(a) Queen Basine.
(b) Deborah.
(c) Elizabeth.
(d) Anna.

5. What country does Artemisia become Queen of?
(a) Caria.
(b) Palmyria.
(c) Italy.
(d) Mesopotamia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who disputes the idea that women's weak bodies make them inferior and undermines moral qualities?

3. What is better than good judgment because it can benefit mankind for all of eternity?

4. Who is able to reverse people's emotions and exhort men to perform courageous feats?

5. Who are the three Jewish women to whom God grants the gift of prophecy?

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