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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 9, II/25-II/33.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Reason claim never criticized women more than men?
(a) Women.
(b) Christine.
(c) God.
(d) Men.

2. Who has complete knowledge of pyromancy?
(a) Proba.
(b) Nicostrata.
(c) Manto.
(d) Medea.

3. Who invents the Egyptian alphabet?
(a) Medea.
(b) Isis.
(c) Ceres.
(d) Minerva.

4. Who is Irene's master that teaches her to paint?
(a) Cratinus.
(b) da Vinci.
(c) Marcia.
(d) Pamphile.

5. After all the noble males in Scythia are killed, what do the women become after forbidding men to enter their kingdom?
(a) Amazons.
(b) Latins.
(c) Hippolytans.
(d) Greeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who convinces King Ahasuerus to rescind his order to kill all Jews?

2. Who creates silk and dyes it to create clothes?

3. Whose counsel restores her husband to Emperor Justinian's favor?

4. What does Christine suggest women are unable to do in Section 2, Part 25?

5. Who is able to reverse people's emotions and exhort men to perform courageous feats?

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