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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 invents the Egyptian alphabet?
(a) Ceres.
(b) Isis.
(c) Medea.
(d) Minerva.

2. Who is a better painter than the men of her time?
(a) Thamaris.
(b) Arachne.
(c) Pamphile.
(d) Marcia.

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

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

5. What does Hypsipyle do when rebels advance to kill her father, King Thaos?
(a) Runs away to a monastery.
(b) Hides him in a trunk.
(c) Commits suicide.
(d) Turns him over to the rebels.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the three Jewish women to whom God grants the gift of prophecy?

2. Why have the daughters of God been sent to Earth?

3. Who devotedly loves King Mithradates despite the fact that he has many concubines?

4. Who does Reason claim never criticized women more than men?

5. Who does Queen Penthesila fall in love with when she hears of his courageous feats?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Section 1, part 10, how does Reason praise women in response to Cato's claim that attractive women are like roses with thorns underneath?

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

3. What is Queen Penthesila's role in the legendary Trojan War and as an Amazon?

4. How does Reason respond to Christine's question about why male authors slander women?

5. List and describe the accomplishments of Nicostrata.

6. Why should Theodoric's honor for his victory in battle belong to his mother, Lilia?

7. Compare and contrast Ceres and Isis.

8. Who are the three ladies that appear to Christine, and why do they visit her?

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

10. In Section 1, Parts 28-36, what allusions to Greek and Roman mythology does Reason make?

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