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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 15, III/10-III/19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Rectitude think parents should not worry about the cost of a dowry for daughters?
(a) Because God will provide.
(b) Because virtuous women do not require a dowry.
(c) Because educating sons is just as expensive.
(d) Parent should worry about the cost of a daughter's dowry.

2. Who does Marquis Saluzzo marry?
(a) Hippo.
(b) Antonia.
(c) Griselda.
(d) Lucretia.

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

4. Who grieves to death when Tiberius puts Germanicus to death?
(a) Artemisia.
(b) Aggrippina.
(c) Argia.
(d) Triaria.

5. Who arrives to finish the City of Ladies once Rectitude completes her portion?
(a) Lady Justice.
(b) Lady Reason.
(c) Christine.
(d) The Virgin Mary.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Rectitude, how do women compare to men in terms of avariciousness?

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

3. Who buries martyrs bodies in Constantinople until she joins her husband in heaven?

4. Who mentions the claim that women hate their husbands when they are old and scholarly?

5. Which queen is responsible for capturing and killing King Cyrus when he attempts to attack the Amazons?

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