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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. Whose gift of prophecy causes some to claim that Phoebus loves her?
(a) Medea.
(b) Elissa.
(c) Erythrea.
(d) Almathea.

2. Who avenges her mother's death by killing the entire population of her mother's murderer's country?
(a) Semiramis.
(b) Hippolyta.
(c) Menalippe.
(d) Synoppe.

3. Why does Rectitude think parents should not worry about the cost of a dowry for daughters?
(a) Because God will provide.
(b) Parent should worry about the cost of a daughter's dowry.
(c) Because virtuous women do not require a dowry.
(d) Because educating sons is just as expensive.

4. What kind of citizens will Rectitude and Christine fill the City of Ladies with?
(a) Men of various social classes.
(b) Virtuous and honorable citizens.
(c) Immoral men and women.
(d) Chaste women.

5. Who tricks the guard of an enemy king and leads high-born Roman virgins back to their families?
(a) Lilia.
(b) Fredegunde.
(c) Artemisia.
(d) Cloelia.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the three ladies appear, why does the first lady chide Christine for believing books?

2. What country does the King of Palmyria and his wife subjugate?

3. What is Theodoric's mother's name?

4. Who receives high honors for saving her father when his enemies attack him during a triumphal procession in Rome?

5. Who predicts that Justinian will become emperor?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the Queen of Sheba prophesy about while visiting King Solomon?

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

5. What does Reason say about the intelligence and education of Cornifica and Proba?

6. Compare and contrast Zenobia and Artemisia.

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

8. Why does Emperor Justinian marry Antonia?

9. List and describe the accomplishments of Nicostrata.

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

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