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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 12, II/52-II/60.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who throws herself overboard to avoid being raped when she is kidnapped?
(a) Griselda.
(b) Hippo.
(c) Florence.
(d) Antonia.

2. What is Christine supposed to build?
(a) A home for abused women.
(b) A new culture and society.
(c) A church for Christians.
(d) A walled city for virtuous ladies.

3. Who honors her husband in death by building a magnificent sepulcher to him?
(a) Artemisia.
(b) Aggrippina.
(c) Triaria.
(d) Argia.

4. Who does Christine praise in Section 2, Part 20?
(a) Countess of Coemen.
(b) Gaia Carilla.
(c) Xanthippe.
(d) Tertia Aemilia.

5. Who has complete knowledge of pyromancy?
(a) Nicostrata.
(b) Medea.
(c) Proba.
(d) Manto.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the Ephesians commission to paint a portrait of Diana?

2. Why does Medea despair for the rest of her life?

3. What country does Artemisia become Queen of?

4. After all the noble males in Scythia are killed, what do the women become after forbidding men to enter their kingdom?

5. In Section 2, Part 24, how do the Lacedaemonian wives help their knightly husbands escape from prison?

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