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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 12, II/52-II/60.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is so intelligent that many declare that she is the goddess of arms, warfare, and wisdom?
(a) Medea.
(b) Isis.
(c) Minerva.
(d) Nicostrata.

2. Who invents the arts of dying wool and weaving fine tapestries?
(a) Thamaris.
(b) Pamphile.
(c) Arachne.
(d) Irene.

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

4. Who tricks the guard of an enemy king and leads high-born Roman virgins back to their families?
(a) Artemisia.
(b) Lilia.
(c) Fredegunde.
(d) Cloelia.

5. What does Rectitude claim few wives are?
(a) Hateful and vicious.
(b) Spiteful and angry.
(c) Kind and generous.
(d) Unreasonable and willful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What male author praises intellectual women?

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

3. Who has complete knowledge of pyromancy?

4. According to Rectitude, when will women attain perfection?

5. What does Rectitude claim is the main problem in educating women?

(see the answer key)

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