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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who commits suicide when Aeneas sneaks away in the middle of the night?
(a) Medea.
(b) Grisela.
(c) Queen Dido of Carthage.
(d) Thisbe.

2. Who remains faithful to Herod Antipater despite having an unhappy marriage?
(a) Mariamme.
(b) Clotilde.
(c) Rebecca.
(d) Penelope.

3. Where does Lisabetta of Messina hide Lorenzo's severed head?
(a) She cannot find Lorenzo's head.
(b) In her garden.
(c) In a pot of basil.
(d) In her closet.

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

5. Who grieves to death when Tiberius puts Germanicus to death?
(a) Triaria.
(b) Argia.
(c) Aggrippina.
(d) Artemisia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who controls Rome until the Romans exile him and is also known as Coriolanus?

3. In what are women as faithful as men?

4. What does Rectitude claim is the main problem in educating women?

5. How is Saint Lucy punished for her faith?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Claudia's reputation compromised, and how does she prove her chastity?

2. What does Marcius say when his mother, Veturia, begs him to make peace with the Romans?

3. Why does Rectitude resent the claim that women bring only evil to the world?

4. How does Judith save the Jews from Holofernes?

5. Who is Ulysses's wife, and why does Rectitude praise her?

6. What does Rectitude say about women dressing elegantly?

7. What leads to Ghismonda's suicide?

8. How do the Lombard women prevent themselves from being raped?

9. What does Christine mention about rape, and how does Rectitude respond?

10. How does Curia save her husband from exile and death?

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