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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6, II/1-II/6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who invents the Egyptian alphabet?
(a) Isis.
(b) Medea.
(c) Minerva.
(d) Ceres.

2. Who do the Ephesians commission to paint a portrait of Diana?
(a) Thamaris.
(b) Arachne.
(c) Irene.
(d) Pamphile.

3. Who is able to reverse people's emotions and exhort men to perform courageous feats?
(a) Sempronia.
(b) Elissa.
(c) Lavinia.
(d) Dido.

4. After all the noble males in Scythia are killed, what do the women become after forbidding men to enter their kingdom?
(a) Greeks.
(b) Amazons.
(c) Latins.
(d) Hippolytans.

5. What male author praises intellectual women?
(a) Plato.
(b) Boccacio.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Matheolus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who carries nine books to King Tarquin in Rome?

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

3. Who is so intelligent that many declare that she is the goddess of arms, warfare, and wisdom?

4. Whose duty is to judge and repay everyone according to their just deserts?

5. Who does Reason claim never criticized women more than men?

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