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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. Where does Lisabetta of Messina hide Lorenzo's severed head?

2. Why is Eulalie imprisoned and martyred?

3. Who is denounced by two old priests when they fail in their attempt to make her sin?

4. What does Sulpicia do when her husband, Lentulus Cruscellio, is exiled?

5. Who hides and saves her husband, Quintus Lucretius, when he is sentenced to death for a crime?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What leads to Ghismonda's suicide?

3. What does Rectitude say about women dressing elegantly?

4. What does Rectitude say to Christine's claim that the majority of women are not virtuous?

5. Describe the story about Bernabo and his wife.

6. Why is Claudia's reputation compromised, and how does she prove her chastity?

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

8. What happens between Saint Lucy and King Aucejas?

9. How does Xanthippe demonstrate her love for Socrates?

10. What results from Thisbe's mother's disapproval of Thisbe's love for Pyramus?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the significance of Christine de Pizan writing herself into this novel as the main character? How does this affect the readers' response to the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the manner in which the city is built.

Essay Topic 3

How does the first person point-of-view enhance and inhibit the story? How would the novel be different if a different point of view were used?

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