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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 screams obscenities at Emperor Nero in an attempt to receive the same sentence as her husband, Seneca?
(a) Queen Hypsicratea.
(b) Pompeia Paulina.
(c) Sulpicia.
(d) Tertia Aemilia.

2. What does Bernabo's wife name herself when she masquerades as a male servant for Senor Ferant?
(a) Bernabino.
(b) Leander.
(c) Sagurat.
(d) Jason.

3. Who remains faithful to Herod Antipater despite having an unhappy marriage?
(a) Clotilde.
(b) Mariamme.
(c) Rebecca.
(d) Penelope.

4. In what are women as faithful as men?
(a) In learning.
(b) In love.
(c) In familial ties.
(d) In friendship.

5. Why does Medea despair for the rest of her life?
(a) Because Leander commits suicide.
(b) Because Pyramus leaves her for Thisbe.
(c) Because her father dies.
(d) Because Jason breaks his promise to marry her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who loves Queen Blanche of France for life despite the impossibility of having his love returned?

2. What does Sulpicia do when her husband, Lentulus Cruscellio, is exiled?

3. Why is Eulalie imprisoned and martyred?

4. Who does God favor with twins despite the fact that she is old and infertile?

5. According to Rectitude in Section 2, Part 30, what can no man match?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Saint Catherine's martyrdom.

2. What does Rectitude say about women dressing elegantly?

3. How do the Lombard women prevent themselves from being raped?

4. What results from Thisbe's mother's disapproval of Thisbe's love for Pyramus?

5. What are at least two examples of men being foolish by ignoring their wise wives' advice?

6. What does Christine mention about rape, and how does Rectitude respond?

7. What question does Christine ask that causes Rectitude to offer Julia, Pompey's wife, as an example to refute the claim?

8. How does Marquis Saluzzo test Griselda's constancy?

9. Who is Ulysses's wife, and why does Rectitude praise her?

10. What does Rectitude say to the idea that women are avaricious?

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