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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 10, II/34-II/42.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the three ladies appear, why does the first lady chide Christine for believing books?
(a) The first lady does not chide Christine for believing books.
(b) Because authority is often proven wrong at a later date.
(c) Because books are often mistranslated.
(d) Because women should not be reading in the first place.

2. Who mentions the claim that women hate their husbands when they are old and scholarly?
(a) Christine.
(b) Lady Reason.
(c) Lady Justice.
(d) Lady Rectitude.

3. Who remains faithful to Herod Antipater despite having an unhappy marriage?
(a) Penelope.
(b) Mariamme.
(c) Rebecca.
(d) Clotilde.

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

5. Whose duty is to protect the rights of the innocent and prevent the wicked from abusing their power?
(a) Lady Rectitude.
(b) The Virgin Mary.
(c) Lady Justice.
(d) Lady Reason.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who conquers Ethiopia and India?

2. Who saves the Jews by beheading Holofernes?

3. Who invents the Egyptian alphabet?

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

5. Who is honored by Roman newlywed wives' desire to emulate her?

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