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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. What country does Artemisia become Queen of?

2. Who is so intelligent that many declare that she is the goddess of arms, warfare, and wisdom?

3. Who invents the science and techniques of agriculture?

4. According to Lady Reason, what goes against reason and nature?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Queen of Sheba prophesy about while visiting King Solomon?

2. How does Reason conclude her portion of building the City of Ladies?

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

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

5. Describe Almathea's interactions with King Tarquin in Rome.

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

7. How will the three ladies help Christine build the City of Ladies?

8. 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?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Does Christine actually believe what she has read about women? Explain your position.

Essay Topic 2

What are the misconceptions Christine mentions about women, and how do Reason, Rectitude, and Justice dispute these?

Essay Topic 3

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

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