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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 restores Metabus' throne?

2. Who fights Vespasian at her husband's side?

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

4. Who is so well versed in the arts and sciences that even the bible speaks of her abilities?

5. Whose duty is to judge and repay everyone according to their just deserts?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Section 1, part 10, how does Reason praise women in response to Cato's claim that attractive women are like roses with thorns underneath?

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

5. What does Rectitude say about parents preferring sons to daughters?

6. Who are the Amazons, and how do they live?

7. List and describe the accomplishments of Nicostrata.

8. Compare and contrast Ceres and Isis.

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

10. Why does Reason say women are not allowed in court?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

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

Who is the queen of the City of Ladies, and why is she elected queen?

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