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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is better than good judgment because it can benefit mankind for all of eternity?
(a) Virtue.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Learning.
(d) Chastity.

2. Who restores Metabus' throne?
(a) His daughter, Zenobia.
(b) His wife, Camilla.
(c) His daughter, Camilla.
(d) His wife, Zenobia.

3. Who makes women perfect in mind and body?
(a) Nature.
(b) Women are not perfect in mind and body.
(c) Satan.
(d) God.

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

5. Who tells the Greeks of their upcoming struggles and battles?
(a) Opis.
(b) Nicostrata.
(c) Almathea.
(d) Erythrea.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who prophesies that Rome will be built on Mount Palatine?

3. Who creates the Latin alphabet?

4. To Cato's claim that attractive women are like roses with thorns underneath, what does Reason say the thorns represent?

5. Who is Clotar's mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Section 1, Parts 37-41, what inventions are listed, and who makes them?

2. List and describe the accomplishments of Nicostrata.

3. How does Reason define good judgment?

4. Who are the Amazons, and how do they live?

5. Compare and contrast Ceres and Isis.

6. Why does Emperor Justinian marry Antonia?

7. What does Reason tell Christine when Christine asks if women are capable of good judgment?

8. Describe Almathea's interactions with King Tarquin in Rome.

9. How does Reason conclude her portion of building the City of Ladies?

10. Name and describe two stories that Reason tells to dispute the claim that women's weak bodies make them inferior and undermine moral qualities.

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