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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 15, III/10-III/19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Eulalie imprisoned and martyred?
(a) For playing with angels.
(b) For sacrificing to the gods.
(c) For refusing to stop talking about Jesus Christ.
(d) For rejecting the emperor's advances.

2. Who is a better painter than the men of her time?
(a) Thamaris.
(b) Marcia.
(c) Pamphile.
(d) Arachne.

3. Why is the idea that female children result from a deficiency in the womb irrational?
(a) Because God made women and men equally noble and virtuous.
(b) Because women are not developed in the womb.
(c) This is not an irrational idea.
(d) Because females result from extravagance.

4. Who loves Queen Blanche of France for life despite the impossibility of having his love returned?
(a) King Saint Louis.
(b) King Guiscardo.
(c) King Lorenzo.
(d) King Aucejas.

5. What is better than good judgment because it can benefit mankind for all of eternity?
(a) Chastity.
(b) Learning.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Virtue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who receives high honors for saving her father when his enemies attack him during a triumphal procession in Rome?

2. Who screams obscenities at Emperor Nero in an attempt to receive the same sentence as her husband, Seneca?

3. Who is honored by Roman newlywed wives' desire to emulate her?

4. Who invents new forms of poetry?

5. Who devotedly loves King Mithradates despite the fact that he has many concubines?

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