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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 is honored by Roman newlywed wives' desire to emulate her?
(a) Dido.
(b) Juno.
(c) Gaia Carilla.
(d) Lavinia.

2. Who saves the Jews by beheading Holofernes?
(a) Antonia.
(b) Judith.
(c) Curia.
(d) Esther.

3. Who is denounced by two old priests when they fail in their attempt to make her sin?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Clotilde.
(c) Susanna.
(d) Mariamme.

4. Whose gift of prophecy causes some to claim that Phoebus loves her?
(a) Almathea.
(b) Medea.
(c) Elissa.
(d) Erythrea.

5. What kind of citizens will Rectitude and Christine fill the City of Ladies with?
(a) Men of various social classes.
(b) Virtuous and honorable citizens.
(c) Chaste women.
(d) Immoral men and women.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose duty is to judge and repay everyone according to their just deserts?

2. When does King Ortiagon's wife kill the Roman general who raped her?

3. Why does Marquis Saluzzo apologize to his wife?

4. Who will bring the queen and princesses to the City of Ladies?

5. Who disputes the idea that women's weak bodies make them inferior and undermines moral qualities?

(see the answer key)

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