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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 12, II/52-II/60.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who tricks the guard of an enemy king and leads high-born Roman virgins back to their families?
(a) Cloelia.
(b) Artemisia.
(c) Fredegunde.
(d) Lilia.

2. Why does Medea despair for the rest of her life?
(a) Because her father dies.
(b) Because Jason breaks his promise to marry her.
(c) Because Pyramus leaves her for Thisbe.
(d) Because Leander commits suicide.

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

4. Who restores Metabus' throne?
(a) His daughter, Camilla.
(b) His daughter, Zenobia.
(c) His wife, Zenobia.
(d) His wife, Camilla.

5. What do the Lombard women due to avoid being raped by the victors of their people?
(a) Tuck dead chickens under their breasts.
(b) They cannot prevent the victors from raping them.
(c) Hid in the forest outside their village.
(d) Commit mass suicide.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the worst possible thing imaginable for chaste women?

2. Who excels in the seven liberal arts and becomes a remarkable poet?

3. Which of Boccaccio's writings does Rectitude allude to in Section 2, Part 52?

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

5. Who do the Ephesians commission to paint a portrait of Diana?

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