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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who marries Saturn and gives birth to Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto?
(a) Lavinia.
(b) Sempronia.
(c) Dido.
(d) Opis.
2. Who kills Queen Penthesila?
(a) Hector of Troy.
(b) Pyrrhus.
(c) Achilles.
(d) Aeneas.
3. Who are the three Jewish women to whom God grants the gift of prophecy?
(a) Almatea, Nicostrata, and Opis.
(b) Erythrea, Medea, and Elissa.
(c) Dido, Lavinia, and Sempronia.
(d) Deborah, Elizabeth, and Anna.
4. Who conquers Ethiopia and India?
(a) Hippolyta.
(b) Synoppe.
(c) Semiramis.
(d) Caria.
5. Who creates the Latin alphabet?
(a) Proba.
(b) Nicostrata.
(c) Minerva.
(d) Circes.
6. Who is the author of the book that Christine reads at the beginning of "The Book of the City of Ladies"?
(a) Matheolus.
(b) Sappho.
(c) Boccacio.
(d) Plato.
7. Who predicts the fall of Troy?
(a) Cassandra.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Queen Basine.
(d) Nicostrata.
8. Who defeats Xerxes when he attacks the Lacedaemoniana?
(a) Zenobia.
(b) Artemisia.
(c) Lilia.
(d) Camilla.
9. Who excels in the seven liberal arts and becomes a remarkable poet?
(a) Proba.
(b) Cornifica.
(c) Manto.
(d) Sappho.
10. Why does Rectitude think parents should not worry about the cost of a dowry for daughters?
(a) Because God will provide.
(b) Because educating sons is just as expensive.
(c) Because virtuous women do not require a dowry.
(d) Parent should worry about the cost of a daughter's dowry.
11. What does Rectitude claim few wives are?
(a) Unreasonable and willful.
(b) Spiteful and angry.
(c) Hateful and vicious.
(d) Kind and generous.
12. What is the meaning of the word sibyl?
(a) One privy to the thoughts of God.
(b) One of affluence.
(c) Very beautiful woman.
(d) An evil being.
13. After the trench is completed, what must Christine do to begin building the foundation?
(a) Start digging.
(b) Change into clothes she can work in.
(c) Buy bricks and mortar.
(d) Take up her pen.
14. Who is so well versed in the arts and sciences that even the bible speaks of her abilities?
(a) Queen Zenobia.
(b) Empress Hippolyta.
(c) Empress Nicuala.
(d) Queen Thamiris.
15. Who does Reason claim never criticized women more than men?
(a) God.
(b) Men.
(c) Christine.
(d) Women.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is honored by Roman newlywed wives' desire to emulate her?
2. Who invents the science and techniques of agriculture?
3. Who does mankind gain more from than was lost through Eve?
4. Who makes women perfect in mind and body?
5. Who restores Metabus' throne?
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