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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. Why does Leander routinely swim across Hellespont?
(a) To exercise.
(b) To escape his home.
(c) To visit Hero.
(d) To visit Thisbe.

2. What does Christine suggest women are unable to do in Section 2, Part 25?
(a) Keep a secret.
(b) Invent new knowledge.
(c) Be faithful.
(d) Love their husbands.

3. Who conquers Ethiopia and India?
(a) Synoppe.
(b) Semiramis.
(c) Hippolyta.
(d) Caria.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has complete knowledge of pyromancy?

2. 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?

3. Who has a tendency to yield to his carnal desires and kill those who object to his gluttony?

4. Who pleads with King Clovis to accept God?

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

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