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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 Christine supposed to build?
(a) A new culture and society.
(b) A church for Christians.
(c) A home for abused women.
(d) A walled city for virtuous ladies.

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

3. What male author praises intellectual women?
(a) Matheolus.
(b) Plato.
(c) Boccacio.
(d) Socrates.

4. Who does Reason claim never criticized women more than men?
(a) Men.
(b) Christine.
(c) God.
(d) Women.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the Ephesians commission to paint a portrait of Diana?

2. Whose gift of prophecy causes some to claim that Phoebus loves her?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Hypsipyle save her father, Thoas?

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

6. When Christine asks if marriage is unbearable because women are impossible to live with, how does Rectitude respond?

7. 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?

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

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

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