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Weekly Quiz

1. How were Vestals selected?
Ballot
By the consuls
By lot
By the Pontifex Maximus

2. How long was a Vestal's commitment?
10 years
30 years
Life
Variable

3. Which was not required of the Vestal candidates?
That they be patrician
That they be between the ages of 6-10
That they be free of blemish
That both their parents be living

4. What was the mola salsa?
Type of dip
The name of the river the Vestals used for the water in ceremonial baking
The Vestals' house
Cakes the Vestals baked

5. Which Greek goddess does Vesta most closely resemble?
Artemis
Demeter
Eileutheia
Hestia

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