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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 10, II/34-II/42.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose authority does Christine yield to at the beginning of this novel, though she is unable to support the view from her personal experience?
(a) Religious leaders.
(b) Female authors.
(c) Male authors.
(d) Politicans.

2. Who works hard to earn a living for her ailing, elderly father and herself?
(a) Griselda.
(b) Drypetina.
(c) Claudia.
(d) Antonia.

3. Who receives high honors for saving her father when his enemies attack him during a triumphal procession in Rome?
(a) Triaria.
(b) Antonia.
(c) Griselda.
(d) Claudine.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What male author praises intellectual women?

3. What is Christine supposed to build?

4. What does Hypsipyle do when rebels advance to kill her father, King Thaos?

5. Who is so intelligent that many declare that she is the goddess of arms, warfare, and wisdom?

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