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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 15, III/10-III/19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is renowned for her terrible misfortune?
(a) Europa.
(b) Jocasta.
(c) Claudia.
(d) Juno.

2. Who grieves for the remainder of her life after her husband, Socrates, dies?
(a) Xanthippe.
(b) Paulina.
(c) Aemilia.
(d) Sulpicia.

3. Who loves her husband, Scipio Africanus Elder, so much that she does not criticize him or slur his reputation when she discovers his affair with a servant?
(a) Xanthippe.
(b) Tertia Aemilia.
(c) Julia.
(d) Countess of Coemen.

4. When the emperor locks Martina in his temple, what does he find her doing when he returns?
(a) Playing with angels.
(b) Dying.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Cracking his idols.

5. According to Rectitude, how do women compare to men in terms of avariciousness?
(a) Women are less avaricious than men.
(b) Neither women nor men are avaricious.
(c) Women are equally as avaricious as men.
(d) Women are more avaricious than men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What male author praises intellectual women?

2. Who devotedly loves King Mithradates despite the fact that he has many concubines?

3. Who creates the Latin alphabet?

4. Why does Christine think herself unfortunate?

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

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