View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose counsel restores her husband to Emperor Justinian's favor?
(a) Curia.
(b) Judith.
(c) Portia.
(d) Antonia.

2. Who is beaten for her debate with the judge Urban?
(a) Justine.
(b) Martina.
(c) Eulalie.
(d) Theodosina.

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

4. Who honors her husband in death by building a magnificent sepulcher to him?
(a) Artemisia.
(b) Triaria.
(c) Argia.
(d) Aggrippina.

5. 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.

6. What does Ghismonda do when her father kills her lover?
(a) Kills her father.
(b) Joins a monastery.
(c) Commits suicide.
(d) Ghismonda's father does not kill her lover.

7. Who is famous because Jupiter fell in love with her?
(a) Claudia.
(b) Europa.
(c) Juno.
(d) Jocasta.

8. Who does Ghismonda take as a lover?
(a) Jason.
(b) Leander.
(c) Guiscardo.
(d) Pyramus.

9. Who refuses Pharaoh's advances?
(a) Mariamme.
(b) Penelope.
(c) Clotilde.
(d) Sarah.

10. According to Rectitude, when will women attain perfection?
(a) Very soon.
(b) Never.
(c) Women are already perfect.
(d) When men do.

11. How is Saint Lucy punished for her faith?
(a) She is not punished for her faith.
(b) She is sent to a brothel to be raped.
(c) She is beheaded.
(d) She is imprisoned and starved.

12. Who cares for Roman soldiers after their battle with Hannibal?
(a) Busa.
(b) Europa.
(c) Claudia.
(d) Christine.

13. Who ignores King Creon's edict forbidding burial and buries her beloved husband, Polynices?
(a) Argia.
(b) Artemisia.
(c) Triaria.
(d) Aggrippina.

14. What does Pyramus do when he find Thisbe's veil which was eaten and vomited by a lion?
(a) Tells her parents.
(b) Finds a new betrothed.
(c) Commits suicide.
(d) Cries until he is found.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are foolish to ignore their wives' advice?

2. Who falls out of favor with Emperor Justinian but regains favor by following his wife's advice?

3. When Veturia begs her son to make peace, what does he tell her she should do instead of begging him?

4. Who hides and saves her husband, Quintus Lucretius, when he is sentenced to death for a crime?

5. Who is worshiped by the Romans as the goddess of wealth and marriage?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 376 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample