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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. After all the noble males in Scythia are killed, what do the women become after forbidding men to enter their kingdom?
(a) Amazons.
(b) Hippolytans.
(c) Greeks.
(d) Latins.

2. Who are the first Amazons to attack the invading Greeks?
(a) Synoppe and Hippolyta.
(b) Synoppe and Thamiris.
(c) Menalippe and Hippolyta.
(d) Menalippe and Synoppe.

3. Who prophesies that the King of Thuringia will receive a vision if he remains chaste on his wedding night?
(a) Anna.
(b) Queen Basine.
(c) Deborah.
(d) Elizabeth.

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

5. To Cato's claim that attractive women are like roses with thorns underneath, what does Reason say the thorns represent?
(a) Violent natures.
(b) Contrition and fear of doing wrong.
(c) Reason says there are no thorns in women's nature.
(d) Evil ways.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Reason claim never criticized women more than men?

2. Who does Queen Penthesila fall in love with when she hears of his courageous feats?

3. Who is denounced by two old priests when they fail in their attempt to make her sin?

4. Who kills Queen Penthesila?

5. Who grieves to death when Tiberius puts Germanicus to death?

(see the answer key)

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