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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 are foolish to ignore their wives' advice?
(a) Very few men.
(b) All men.
(c) Men with wise wives.
(d) Men with attractive wives.

2. Who controls Rome until the Romans exile him and is also known as Coriolanus?
(a) Nero.
(b) Belisarius.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Marcius.

3. Who kills Queen Penthesila?
(a) Aeneas.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Pyrrhus.
(d) Hector of Troy.

4. Who does Theseus beg to marry?
(a) Synoppe.
(b) Thamiris.
(c) Hippolyta.
(d) Menalippe.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who saves the Jews by beheading Holofernes?

2. Whose duty is to protect the rights of the innocent and prevent the wicked from abusing their power?

3. What does Sulpicia do when her husband, Lentulus Cruscellio, is exiled?

4. Whose authority does Christine yield to at the beginning of this novel, though she is unable to support the view from her personal experience?

5. Whose birth and life does Erythrea foretell?

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