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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. Who marries the King of Palmyria?
(a) Artemisia.
(b) Lilia.
(c) Zenobia.
(d) Synoppe.

2. What does Sulpicia do when her husband, Lentulus Cruscellio, is exiled?
(a) Marries someone else.
(b) Hides him in a trunk.
(c) Joins him in exile.
(d) Commits suicide.

3. Who screams obscenities at Emperor Nero in an attempt to receive the same sentence as her husband, Seneca?
(a) Queen Hypsicratea.
(b) Sulpicia.
(c) Pompeia Paulina.
(d) Tertia Aemilia.

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

5. Who excels in the seven liberal arts and becomes a remarkable poet?
(a) Cornifica.
(b) Manto.
(c) Proba.
(d) Sappho.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who predicts that Justinian will become emperor?

2. What does the magnificent sepulcher built in King Mausolus's honor become known as?

3. Who honors her husband in death by building a magnificent sepulcher to him?

4. Who loves her husband, Scipio Africanus Elder, so much that she does not criticize him or slur his reputation when she discovers his affair with a servant?

5. Who writes "Letter of Othea to Hector"?

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