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

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

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

4. What gift does God bestow upon the sibyls?
(a) The gift of wealth.
(b) The gift of prophecy.
(c) The gift of attractiveness.
(d) None.

5. Who invents the arts of dying wool and weaving fine tapestries?
(a) Thamaris.
(b) Irene.
(c) Arachne.
(d) Pamphile.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of the book that Christine reads at the beginning of "The Book of the City of Ladies"?

2. Who disputes the idea that women's weak bodies make them inferior and undermines moral qualities?

3. Who kills Queen Penthesila?

4. What country does Artemisia become Queen of?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Rectitude say about parents preferring sons to daughters?

3. Describe Christine's opinion about being female before the three ladies appear to her, and explain why she feels this way.

4. Why does Reason say women are not allowed in court?

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

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

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

8. Compare and contrast Zenobia and Artemisia.

9. Who does Rectitude begin with when she dictates the order in which Christine must arrange the valuable stones, and why is this significant?

10. Once the buildings are finished, what does Rectitude tell Christine?

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