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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. Who is the author of the book that Christine reads at the beginning of "The Book of the City of Ladies"?
(a) Plato.
(b) Boccacio.
(c) Sappho.
(d) Matheolus.

2. Who excels in the seven liberal arts and becomes a remarkable poet?
(a) Proba.
(b) Manto.
(c) Sappho.
(d) Cornifica.

3. According to Rectitude in Section 2, Part 30, what can no man match?
(a) The intelligence of women.
(b) The power of God.
(c) The great services of women.
(d) The immorality of women.

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

5. Who saves the Jews by beheading Holofernes?
(a) Curia.
(b) Judith.
(c) Esther.
(d) Antonia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the first Amazons to attack the invading Greeks?

2. Whose gift of prophecy causes some to claim that Phoebus loves her?

3. Why does Julia lose her will to live?

4. Who does Theseus beg to marry?

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

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