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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is famous because Jupiter fell in love with her?
(a) Juno.
(b) Claudia.
(c) Europa.
(d) Jocasta.
2. Who grieves for the remainder of her life after her husband, Socrates, dies?
(a) Xanthippe.
(b) Aemilia.
(c) Paulina.
(d) Sulpicia.
3. What does Rectitude claim is the main problem in educating women?
(a) It is too expensive.
(b) Men do not want women to be more intelligent than they are.
(c) Women do not want to be more intelligent than their husbands.
(d) There is no problem in educating women.
4. What does Ghismonda do when her father kills her lover?
(a) Kills her father.
(b) Joins a monastery.
(c) Commits suicide.
(d) Ghismonda's father does not kill her lover.
5. How is Saint Lucy punished for her faith?
(a) She is imprisoned and starved.
(b) She is sent to a brothel to be raped.
(c) She is not punished for her faith.
(d) She is beheaded.
6. When Veturia begs her son to make peace, what does he tell her she should do instead of begging him?
(a) Never speak to him again.
(b) Command him.
(c) Leave him alone.
(d) Stop listening to other people.
7. Who honors her husband in death by building a magnificent sepulcher to him?
(a) Triaria.
(b) Argia.
(c) Aggrippina.
(d) Artemisia.
8. Who does God favor with twins despite the fact that she is old and infertile?
(a) Ruth.
(b) Rebecca.
(c) Mariamme.
(d) Penelope.
9. Who has a tendency to yield to his carnal desires and kill those who object to his gluttony?
(a) Saluzzo.
(b) Bernabo.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Nero.
10. Who loves Queen Blanche of France for life despite the impossibility of having his love returned?
(a) King Lorenzo.
(b) King Aucejas.
(c) King Guiscardo.
(d) King Saint Louis.
11. Why does Saint Catherine chide Emperor Maxentius?
(a) For talking about Jesus.
(b) For sacrificing to the gods.
(c) For killing the Jews.
(d) For asking her to marry him.
12. Who remains faithful to Herod Antipater despite having an unhappy marriage?
(a) Clotilde.
(b) Mariamme.
(c) Rebecca.
(d) Penelope.
13. Whose counsel restores her husband to Emperor Justinian's favor?
(a) Antonia.
(b) Judith.
(c) Portia.
(d) Curia.
14. What happens when the emperor tries to force the blessed virgin Martina to worship his idols?
(a) Angels descend.
(b) The idols crack.
(c) Milk flows from her wounds.
(d) She refuses.
15. What does Pyramus do when he find Thisbe's veil which was eaten and vomited by a lion?
(a) Tells her parents.
(b) Cries until he is found.
(c) Finds a new betrothed.
(d) Commits suicide.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is converted when he kidnaps Saint Lucy with the intent of raping her?
2. What does Sulpicia do when her husband, Lentulus Cruscellio, is exiled?
3. When St. Catherine is decapitated, what miracle occurs?
4. Why does Christine object to women dressing elegantly?
5. Who does Marguerite de la Riviere notice is missing from a ball?
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