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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 falls out of favor with Emperor Justinian but regains favor by following his wife's advice?
(a) Justin.
(b) Julius Caesar.
(c) Holofernes.
(d) Belisarius.

2. Who commits suicide when Aeneas sneaks away in the middle of the night?
(a) Medea.
(b) Grisela.
(c) Thisbe.
(d) Queen Dido of Carthage.

3. Where does Lisabetta of Messina hide Lorenzo's severed head?
(a) In a pot of basil.
(b) She cannot find Lorenzo's head.
(c) In her garden.
(d) In her closet.

4. Who is denounced by two old priests when they fail in their attempt to make her sin?
(a) Susanna.
(b) Ruth.
(c) Clotilde.
(d) Mariamme.

5. Who does Saint Lucy of Syracus pray to for her mother's cure?
(a) Saint Catherine.
(b) Saint Agatha.
(c) Saint Lucy.
(d) Saint Eulalie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who screams obscenities at Emperor Nero in an attempt to receive the same sentence as her husband, Seneca?

2. Why does Emperor Olybrius imprison Saint Margaret?

3. What happens when the emperor tries to force the blessed virgin Martina to worship his idols?

4. Who mentions the claim that women hate their husbands when they are old and scholarly?

5. Who convinces King Ahasuerus to rescind his order to kill all Jews?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Rectitude finishes her portion of the City of Ladies?

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

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

5. How is Susanna's chastity questioned and proven?

6. What happens between Saint Lucy and King Aucejas?

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

8. Why does Rectitude resent the claim that women bring only evil to the world?

9. How do the wives of the knights who helped Jason obtain the Golden Fleece save their husbands?

10. Why does Rectitude argue for the education of females?

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