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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. What does Christine suggest women are unable to do in Section 2, Part 25?
(a) Love their husbands.
(b) Invent new knowledge.
(c) Be faithful.
(d) Keep a secret.

2. What is Theodoric's mother's name?
(a) Zenobia.
(b) Camilla.
(c) Lilia.
(d) Artemisia.

3. Who are the first Amazons to attack the invading Greeks?
(a) Menalippe and Synoppe.
(b) Synoppe and Thamiris.
(c) Synoppe and Hippolyta.
(d) Menalippe and Hippolyta.

4. Whose counsel restores her husband to Emperor Justinian's favor?
(a) Portia.
(b) Judith.
(c) Antonia.
(d) Curia.

5. Who makes women perfect in mind and body?
(a) Nature.
(b) God.
(c) Women are not perfect in mind and body.
(d) Satan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sulpicia do when her husband, Lentulus Cruscellio, is exiled?

2. Who wins a legal case against taxing women's valuables?

3. Who predicts the fall of Troy?

4. Who helps Jason acquire the Golden Fleece?

5. Who is a better painter than the men of her time?

(see the answer key)

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