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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 so chaste in marriage and widowhood that she lives with her mother-in-law after her husband dies?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Rebecca.
(c) Susanna.
(d) Ruth.

2. Who invents the arts of dying wool and weaving fine tapestries?
(a) Pamphile.
(b) Thamaris.
(c) Irene.
(d) Arachne.

3. Who works hard to earn a living for her ailing, elderly father and herself?
(a) Antonia.
(b) Griselda.
(c) Drypetina.
(d) Claudia.

4. Who does Justine's attempted suitor hire?
(a) A necromancer.
(b) An accountant.
(c) An executioner.
(d) A wife.

5. In what are women as faithful as men?
(a) In friendship.
(b) In love.
(c) In learning.
(d) In familial ties.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who baptizes Saint Christine?

2. What country does the King of Palmyria and his wife subjugate?

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

4. Who is converted when he kidnaps Saint Lucy with the intent of raping her?

5. Who does God favor with twins despite the fact that she is old and infertile?

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