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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who invents the arts of dying wool and weaving fine tapestries?
(a) Arachne.
(b) Irene.
(c) Pamphile.
(d) Thamaris.

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

3. Whose gift of prophecy causes some to claim that Phoebus loves her?
(a) Elissa.
(b) Medea.
(c) Erythrea.
(d) Almathea.

4. Who marries Saturn and gives birth to Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto?
(a) Opis.
(b) Lavinia.
(c) Sempronia.
(d) Dido.

5. Why does Rectitude think parents should not worry about the cost of a dowry for daughters?
(a) Because educating sons is just as expensive.
(b) Because God will provide.
(c) Because virtuous women do not require a dowry.
(d) Parent should worry about the cost of a daughter's dowry.

6. Who predicts the fall of Troy?
(a) Elizabeth.
(b) Queen Basine.
(c) Cassandra.
(d) Nicostrata.

7. Who is honored by Roman newlywed wives' desire to emulate her?
(a) Dido.
(b) Gaia Carilla.
(c) Lavinia.
(d) Juno.

8. Who does Theseus beg to marry?
(a) Menalippe.
(b) Synoppe.
(c) Thamiris.
(d) Hippolyta.

9. Who devotedly loves King Mithradates despite the fact that he has many concubines?
(a) Queen Hypsicratea.
(b) Queen Dido.
(c) Queen Claudine.
(d) Queen Drypetina.

10. Who are the first Amazons to attack the invading Greeks?
(a) Synoppe and Hippolyta.
(b) Menalippe and Hippolyta.
(c) Menalippe and Synoppe.
(d) Synoppe and Thamiris.

11. Who marries the King of Palmyria?
(a) Zenobia.
(b) Synoppe.
(c) Lilia.
(d) Artemisia.

12. 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) Hippolytans.
(d) Latins.

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

14. Who invents the science and techniques of agriculture?
(a) Isis.
(b) Nicostrata.
(c) Ceres.
(d) Medea.

15. Who conquers Ethiopia and India?
(a) Synoppe.
(b) Caria.
(c) Hippolyta.
(d) Semiramis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has complete knowledge of pyromancy?

2. Who is Clotar's mother?

3. Who works hard to earn a living for her ailing, elderly father and herself?

4. Whose duty is to protect the rights of the innocent and prevent the wicked from abusing their power?

5. What does the woman whose mother is imprisoned and sentenced to starvation do to help her mother?

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