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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 13, II/61-II/69.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who disputes the idea that women's weak bodies make them inferior and undermines moral qualities?
(a) Lady Reason.
(b) Lady Justice.
(c) Lady Rectitude.
(d) The Virgin Mary.

2. Whose authority does Christine yield to at the beginning of this novel, though she is unable to support the view from her personal experience?
(a) Religious leaders.
(b) Politicans.
(c) Female authors.
(d) Male authors.

3. Who commits suicide after Tarquin the Proud rapes her?
(a) Hippo.
(b) Florence.
(c) Lucretia.
(d) Antonia.

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

5. Who prophesies that the King of Thuringia will receive a vision if he remains chaste on his wedding night?
(a) Anna.
(b) Deborah.
(c) Queen Basine.
(d) Elizabeth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who hides and saves her husband, Quintus Lucretius, when he is sentenced to death for a crime?

2. Who invents the science and techniques of agriculture?

3. Who is Aeneas's wife and the mother of Julius Silvanus?

4. Who falls out of favor with Emperor Justinian but regains favor by following his wife's advice?

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

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