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

2. Which woman provided the greatest service to mankind?
(a) Lady Rectitude.
(b) The Virgin Mary.
(c) Lady Reason.
(d) Lady Justice.

3. Who mentions the claim that women hate their husbands when they are old and scholarly?
(a) Christine.
(b) Lady Reason.
(c) Lady Rectitude.
(d) Lady Justice.

4. What is better than good judgment because it can benefit mankind for all of eternity?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Learning.
(c) Virtue.
(d) Chastity.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who changes Ulysses's men into swine?

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

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

4. Who convinces King Ahasuerus to rescind his order to kill all Jews?

5. Who prophesies about the wooden plank that comes from the tree which will be used to kill the man who will destroy the Jewish faith?

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