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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who disputes the idea that women's weak bodies make them inferior and undermines moral qualities?
(a) Lady Justice.
(b) Lady Rectitude.
(c) The Virgin Mary.
(d) Lady Reason.

2. Who carries nine books to King Tarquin in Rome?
(a) Elissa.
(b) Almathea.
(c) Medea.
(d) Erythrea.

3. Which queen is responsible for capturing and killing King Cyrus when he attempts to attack the Amazons?
(a) Queen Thamiris.
(b) Queen Synoppe.
(c) Queen Fredegunde.
(d) Queen Dido.

4. Who fights Vespasian at her husband's side?
(a) Empress Hypsicratea.
(b) Empress Griselda.
(c) Empress Claudine.
(d) Empress Triaria.

5. Why don't women participate in court?
(a) Because women are not moral enough.
(b) Because court goes against women's natural modesty.
(c) Because women are intimidated by criminals.
(d) Because women are not intelligent enough.

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

7. Who is honored by Roman newlywed wives' desire to emulate her?
(a) Dido.
(b) Juno.
(c) Gaia Carilla.
(d) Lavinia.

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

9. Who is able to reverse people's emotions and exhort men to perform courageous feats?
(a) Elissa.
(b) Sempronia.
(c) Lavinia.
(d) Dido.

10. Who conquers Ethiopia and India?
(a) Hippolyta.
(b) Synoppe.
(c) Caria.
(d) Semiramis.

11. Who helps Jason acquire the Golden Fleece?
(a) Manto.
(b) Sappho.
(c) Medea.
(d) Circes.

12. Why is the idea that female children result from a deficiency in the womb irrational?
(a) Because females result from extravagance.
(b) Because God made women and men equally noble and virtuous.
(c) This is not an irrational idea.
(d) Because women are not developed in the womb.

13. Whose authority does Christine yield to at the beginning of this novel, though she is unable to support the view from her personal experience?
(a) Politicans.
(b) Male authors.
(c) Religious leaders.
(d) Female authors.

14. Who defeats Xerxes when he attacks the Lacedaemoniana?
(a) Zenobia.
(b) Lilia.
(c) Artemisia.
(d) Camilla.

15. After all the noble males in Scythia are killed, what do the women become after forbidding men to enter their kingdom?
(a) Hippolytans.
(b) Amazons.
(c) Latins.
(d) Greeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Theseus beg to marry?

2. Who excels in the seven liberal arts and becomes a remarkable poet?

3. What does the woman whose mother is imprisoned and sentenced to starvation do to help her mother?

4. Who marries Saturn and gives birth to Jupiter, Neptune, and Pluto?

5. Whose duty is to protect the rights of the innocent and prevent the wicked from abusing their power?

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