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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3, I/19-I/27.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the idea that female children result from a deficiency in the womb irrational?
(a) Because women are not developed in the womb.
(b) Because females result from extravagance.
(c) This is not an irrational idea.
(d) Because God made women and men equally noble and virtuous.

2. Who is so well versed in the arts and sciences that even the bible speaks of her abilities?
(a) Queen Zenobia.
(b) Empress Hippolyta.
(c) Empress Nicuala.
(d) Queen Thamiris.

3. Who does Queen Penthesila fall in love with when she hears of his courageous feats?
(a) Hector of Troy.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Pyrrhus.
(d) Aeneas.

4. Who is the first lady that speaks to Christine?
(a) Lady Rectitude.
(b) The Virgin Mary.
(c) Lady Reason.
(d) Lady Justice.

5. Why have the daughters of God been sent to Earth?
(a) To punish the wicked.
(b) The three ladies are not the daughters of God.
(c) To take Christine to heaven.
(d) To restore order and justice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Theodoric's mother's name?

2. After all the noble males in Scythia are killed, what do the women become after forbidding men to enter their kingdom?

3. Who defeats her enemy by instructing the army to hold boughs from trees so the enemy thinks the forest is near?

4. Why does Christine think herself unfortunate?

5. Whose duty is to protect the rights of the innocent and prevent the wicked from abusing their power?

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