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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 country does the King of Palmyria and his wife subjugate?
(a) Amazonia.
(b) Greece.
(c) Mesopotamia.
(d) Italy.

2. To Cato's claim that attractive women are like roses with thorns underneath, what does Reason say the thorns represent?
(a) Reason says there are no thorns in women's nature.
(b) Evil ways.
(c) Contrition and fear of doing wrong.
(d) Violent natures.

3. Who is Aeneas's wife and the mother of Julius Silvanus?
(a) Sempronia.
(b) Dido.
(c) Lavinia.
(d) Opis.

4. What does Rectitude claim few wives are?
(a) Kind and generous.
(b) Spiteful and angry.
(c) Hateful and vicious.
(d) Unreasonable and willful.

5. What does the woman whose mother is imprisoned and sentenced to starvation do to help her mother?
(a) Visits daily and breastfeeds her mother.
(b) Disowns her mother.
(c) Helps her mother escape.
(d) Allows herself to be imprisoned to keep her mother company.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who invents the Egyptian alphabet?

3. Who follows King Mithradates into battle rather than reveling in luxury in her own land?

4. Who fights Vespasian at her husband's side?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Hypsipyle save her father, Thoas?

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

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

5. Compare and contrast Zenobia and Artemisia.

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

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

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

9. How does Reason define good judgment?

10. When Christine asks if God gives women an aptitude for learning, how does Reason respond?

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