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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is denounced by two old priests when they fail in their attempt to make her sin?
(a) Mariamme.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Susanna.
(d) Clotilde.

2. Who does Justine's attempted suitor hire?
(a) A wife.
(b) A necromancer.
(c) An accountant.
(d) An executioner.

3. Why is Eulalie imprisoned and martyred?
(a) For playing with angels.
(b) For sacrificing to the gods.
(c) For rejecting the emperor's advances.
(d) For refusing to stop talking about Jesus Christ.

4. Who saves the Jews by beheading Holofernes?
(a) Esther.
(b) Judith.
(c) Antonia.
(d) Curia.

5. Who is beaten for her debate with the judge Urban?
(a) Justine.
(b) Theodosina.
(c) Eulalie.
(d) Martina.

6. What does Sulpicia do when her husband, Lentulus Cruscellio, is exiled?
(a) Marries someone else.
(b) Hides him in a trunk.
(c) Commits suicide.
(d) Joins him in exile.

7. Who holds a joust during which they abduct Sabinian women?
(a) Belisarius and Justinian.
(b) Holofernes and Ahasuerus.
(c) Aeneas and Hercules.
(d) Romulus and Remus.

8. When the emperor locks Martina in his temple, what does he find her doing when he returns?
(a) Cracking his idols.
(b) Dying.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Playing with angels.

9. Who mentions the claim that women hate their husbands when they are old and scholarly?
(a) Christine.
(b) Lady Rectitude.
(c) Lady Reason.
(d) Lady Justice.

10. Who is renowned for her terrible misfortune?
(a) Jocasta.
(b) Europa.
(c) Claudia.
(d) Juno.

11. Who bets that he can seduce Bernabo's wife?
(a) Decameron.
(b) Bernabo.
(c) Boccaccio.
(d) Ambrose.

12. Which woman provided the greatest service to mankind?
(a) Lady Reason.
(b) Lady Rectitude.
(c) Lady Justice.
(d) The Virgin Mary.

13. Who are foolish to ignore their wives' advice?
(a) Men with wise wives.
(b) Men with attractive wives.
(c) Very few men.
(d) All men.

14. What does Ghismonda do when her father kills her lover?
(a) Ghismonda's father does not kill her lover.
(b) Joins a monastery.
(c) Kills her father.
(d) Commits suicide.

15. What do the Lombard women due to avoid being raped by the victors of their people?
(a) Commit mass suicide.
(b) They cannot prevent the victors from raping them.
(c) Hid in the forest outside their village.
(d) Tuck dead chickens under their breasts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Christine praise in Section 2, Part 20?

2. When Veturia begs her son to make peace, what does he tell her she should do instead of begging him?

3. Who is famous because Jupiter fell in love with her?

4. Who hides and saves her husband, Quintus Lucretius, when he is sentenced to death for a crime?

5. What happens when the emperor tries to force the blessed virgin Martina to worship his idols?

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