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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 writes "Letter of Othea to Hector"?
(a) Proba.
(b) Sappho.
(c) Nicostrata.
(d) Christine de Pizan.
2. Why have the daughters of God been sent to Earth?
(a) The three ladies are not the daughters of God.
(b) To take Christine to heaven.
(c) To restore order and justice.
(d) To punish the wicked.
3. Why does Christine wonder if marriage is unbearable?
(a) Because women are impossible to live with.
(b) Because men are impossible to live with.
(c) Because women are inconstant.
(d) Because men are inconstant.
4. Which queen is responsible for capturing and killing King Cyrus when he attempts to attack the Amazons?
(a) Queen Synoppe.
(b) Queen Thamiris.
(c) Queen Dido.
(d) Queen Fredegunde.
5. Who is so well versed in the arts and sciences that even the bible speaks of her abilities?
(a) Empress Hippolyta.
(b) Queen Thamiris.
(c) Queen Zenobia.
(d) Empress Nicuala.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the meaning of the word sibyl?
2. Why is the idea that female children result from a deficiency in the womb irrational?
3. Who creates silk and dyes it to create clothes?
4. To Cato's claim that attractive women are like roses with thorns underneath, what does Reason say the thorns represent?
5. Who tricks the guard of an enemy king and leads high-born Roman virgins back to their families?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Reason tell Christine when Christine asks if women are capable of good judgment?
2. Once the buildings are finished, what does Rectitude tell Christine?
3. When Christine asks if God gives women an aptitude for learning, how does Reason respond?
4. Compare and contrast Zenobia and Artemisia.
5. In Section 1, Parts 37-41, what inventions are listed, and who makes them?
6. How does Reason conclude her portion of building the City of Ladies?
7. What does Reason say about the intelligence and education of Cornifica and Proba?
8. Name and describe two stories that Reason tells to dispute the claim that women's weak bodies make them inferior and undermine moral qualities.
9. 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?
10. Why does Emperor Justinian marry Antonia?
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