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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. Whose birth and life does Erythrea foretell?
(a) Socrates's.
(b) Shakespeare's.
(c) Jesus Christ's.
(d) Christine's.

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

3. Who defeats Xerxes when he attacks the Lacedaemoniana?
(a) Lilia.
(b) Camilla.
(c) Artemisia.
(d) Zenobia.

4. Why do Hercules and Theseus invade the Amazons?
(a) The Amazons invade the Greeks.
(b) There is peace between the Greeks and the Amazons.
(c) Because they want wives.
(d) Because they fear the Amazons.

5. Who is so intelligent that many declare that she is the goddess of arms, warfare, and wisdom?
(a) Isis.
(b) Minerva.
(c) Medea.
(d) Nicostrata.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why have the daughters of God been sent to Earth?

2. After all the noble males in Scythia are killed, what do the women become after forbidding men to enter their kingdom?

3. What is the meaning of the word sibyl?

4. Who is Aeneas's wife and the mother of Julius Silvanus?

5. Who prophesies that the King of Thuringia will receive a vision if he remains chaste on his wedding night?

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