The Book of the City of Ladies Test | Final Test - Medium

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The Book of the City of Ladies Test | Final Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 133 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who falls out of favor with Emperor Justinian but regains favor by following his wife's advice?
(a) Holofernes.
(b) Belisarius.
(c) Julius Caesar.
(d) Justin.

2. What does Sulpicia do when her husband, Lentulus Cruscellio, is exiled?
(a) Marries someone else.
(b) Hides him in a trunk.
(c) Joins him in exile.
(d) Commits suicide.

3. Who pleads with King Clovis to accept God?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Clotilde.
(c) Susanna.
(d) Hortensia.

4. In Section 2, Part 24, how do the Lacedaemonian wives help their knightly husbands escape from prison?
(a) The Lacedaemonian wives do not help their husbands escape from prison.
(b) By visiting and trading clothes which allows their husbands to escape.
(c) By appealing to the court system.
(d) By stealing the jail key and releasing them.

5. Who wins a legal case against taxing women's valuables?
(a) Susanna.
(b) Hortensia.
(c) Penelope.
(d) Sarah.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Eulalie imprisoned and martyred?

2. Who has a tendency to yield to his carnal desires and kill those who object to his gluttony?

3. Who is worshiped by the Romans as the goddess of wealth and marriage?

4. What does Pyramus do when he find Thisbe's veil which was eaten and vomited by a lion?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What question does Christine ask that causes Rectitude to offer Julia, Pompey's wife, as an example to refute the claim?

2. What happens between Saint Lucy and King Aucejas?

3. Describe the story about Bernabo and his wife.

4. Describe Saint Catherine's martyrdom.

5. What does Rectitude say to Christine's claim that the majority of women are not virtuous?

6. How does Artemisia honor her husband in death?

7. What is the result of Theodosina's debate with the judge Urban?

8. What does Rectitude say to the idea that women are avaricious?

9. What are at least two examples of men being foolish by ignoring their wise wives' advice?

10. What leads to Ghismonda's suicide?

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