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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who defeats her enemy by instructing the army to hold boughs from trees so the enemy thinks the forest is near?

2. Who are the first Amazons to attack the invading Greeks?

3. What kind of citizens will Rectitude and Christine fill the City of Ladies with?

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

5. Who writes "Letter of Othea to Hector"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the three ladies that appear to Christine, and why do they visit her?

2. Once the buildings are finished, what does Rectitude tell Christine?

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

4. How does Reason define good judgment?

5. How does Hypsipyle save her father, Thoas?

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

7. What does Reason tell Christine when Christine asks if women are capable of good judgment?

8. Why should Theodoric's honor for his victory in battle belong to his mother, Lilia?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the main themes in this novel and detail its recurrences throughout the novel. What does it add to the novel? How does it affect the difference characters?

Essay Topic 2

How do Lady Reason, Lady Rectitude, and Lady Justice explain their use of pagan women as examples of virtue and honor?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Reason, Rectitude, and Justice. How are their relationships with Christine similar and different?

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