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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 welcomes the citizens to the City of Ladies?
(a) Lady Reason.
(b) Lady Justice.
(c) Christine.
(d) Lady Rectitude.
2. Who arrives to finish the City of Ladies once Rectitude completes her portion?
(a) Lady Justice.
(b) Christine.
(c) Lady Reason.
(d) The Virgin Mary.
3. Who does Christine praise in Section 2, Part 20?
(a) Countess of Coemen.
(b) Gaia Carilla.
(c) Xanthippe.
(d) Tertia Aemilia.
4. Why does Marquis Saluzzo apologize to his wife?
(a) Because she tries to kill him.
(b) He does not apologize to his wife.
(c) Because she threatens to leave him for another man.
(d) Because he is convinced of her fidelity and constancy.
5. What does Ghismonda do when her father kills her lover?
(a) Joins a monastery.
(b) Kills her father.
(c) Commits suicide.
(d) Ghismonda's father does not kill her lover.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does Marquis Saluzzo marry?
2. Who commits suicide when Aeneas sneaks away in the middle of the night?
3. Who throws herself overboard to avoid being raped when she is kidnapped?
4. Who is so chaste in marriage and widowhood that she lives with her mother-in-law after her husband dies?
5. Who pleads with King Clovis to accept God?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is Susanna's chastity questioned and proven?
2. What results from Thisbe's mother's disapproval of Thisbe's love for Pyramus?
3. Who is Ulysses's wife, and why does Rectitude praise her?
4. How does Marquis Saluzzo test Griselda's constancy?
5. How does Xanthippe demonstrate her love for Socrates?
6. What are at least two examples of men being foolish by ignoring their wise wives' advice?
7. What does Christine mention about rape, and how does Rectitude respond?
8. What does Rectitude say about women dressing elegantly?
9. Describe Saint Catherine's martyrdom.
10. What happens when Martina reveals her Christianity to the emperor who wants to marry her?
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