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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Emperor Olybrius imprison Saint Margaret?
(a) For sacrificing to the gods.
(b) For playing with angels.
(c) For rejecting his advances.
(d) For talking about Jesus Christ.

2. Who is beaten for her debate with the judge Urban?
(a) Justine.
(b) Martina.
(c) Theodosina.
(d) Eulalie.

3. What does the magnificent sepulcher built in King Mausolus's honor become known as?
(a) A mausoleum.
(b) A tomb.
(c) A grave.
(d) A pyramid.

4. What does Bernabo's wife name herself when she masquerades as a male servant for Senor Ferant?
(a) Leander.
(b) Sagurat.
(c) Bernabino.
(d) Jason.

5. Who is so chaste in marriage and widowhood that she lives with her mother-in-law after her husband dies?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Susanna.
(c) Ruth.
(d) Rebecca.

6. Who arrives to finish the City of Ladies once Rectitude completes her portion?
(a) Lady Justice.
(b) Christine.
(c) Lady Reason.
(d) The Virgin Mary.

7. Who prays to the goddess Pessinus to witness her chastity and allow her to tow a ship to harbor with her belt?
(a) Busa.
(b) Claudia.
(c) Europa.
(d) Juno.

8. Who honors her husband in death by building a magnificent sepulcher to him?
(a) Argia.
(b) Triaria.
(c) Aggrippina.
(d) Artemisia.

9. Why does Marquis Saluzzo apologize to his wife?
(a) Because she threatens to leave him for another man.
(b) Because she tries to kill him.
(c) Because he is convinced of her fidelity and constancy.
(d) He does not apologize to his wife.

10. Which woman provided the greatest service to mankind?
(a) Lady Reason.
(b) Lady Justice.
(c) Lady Rectitude.
(d) The Virgin Mary.

11. Who does Justine's attempted suitor hire?
(a) A wife.
(b) An accountant.
(c) An executioner.
(d) A necromancer.

12. Who loves her husband, Scipio Africanus Elder, so much that she does not criticize him or slur his reputation when she discovers his affair with a servant?
(a) Xanthippe.
(b) Tertia Aemilia.
(c) Julia.
(d) Countess of Coemen.

13. Who are foolish to ignore their wives' advice?
(a) All men.
(b) Men with wise wives.
(c) Very few men.
(d) Men with attractive wives.

14. How is Saint Lucy punished for her faith?
(a) She is beheaded.
(b) She is imprisoned and starved.
(c) She is sent to a brothel to be raped.
(d) She is not punished for her faith.

15. Who welcomes the citizens to the City of Ladies?
(a) Christine.
(b) Lady Rectitude.
(c) Lady Justice.
(d) Lady Reason.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the emperor locks Martina in his temple, what does he find her doing when he returns?

2. Who lives a chaste widowhood after Emperor Nero kills her husband, Drusus Tiberius?

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

4. According to Rectitude in Section 2, Part 30, what can no man match?

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

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