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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 pleads with King Clovis to accept God?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Hortensia.
(c) Susanna.
(d) Clotilde.

2. After the trench is completed, what must Christine do to begin building the foundation?
(a) Change into clothes she can work in.
(b) Take up her pen.
(c) Buy bricks and mortar.
(d) Start digging.

3. Why does Christine wonder if marriage is unbearable?
(a) Because men are impossible to live with.
(b) Because women are impossible to live with.
(c) Because men are inconstant.
(d) Because women are inconstant.

4. Who ignores King Creon's edict forbidding burial and buries her beloved husband, Polynices?
(a) Aggrippina.
(b) Triaria.
(c) Artemisia.
(d) Argia.

5. Who will bring the queen and princesses to the City of Ladies?
(a) Lady Reason.
(b) Lady Justice.
(c) Lady Rectitude.
(d) The Virgin Mary.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is denounced by two old priests when they fail in their attempt to make her sin?

2. What does Christine suggest women are unable to do in Section 2, Part 25?

3. What gift does God bestow upon the sibyls?

4. Who follows King Mithradates into battle rather than reveling in luxury in her own land?

5. Who are the three Jewish women to whom God grants the gift of prophecy?

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