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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 does the magnificent sepulcher built in King Mausolus's honor become known as?

2. Why does Marquis Saluzzo pretend to kill the children his wife bares him?

3. What do the Lombard women due to avoid being raped by the victors of their people?

4. Who does Marguerite de la Riviere notice is missing from a ball?

5. Who holds a joust during which they abduct Sabinian women?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Artemisia honor her husband in death?

2. What happens between Saint Lucy and King Aucejas?

3. What does Rectitude say about women dressing elegantly?

4. What happens when Martina reveals her Christianity to the emperor who wants to marry her?

5. How does Judith save the Jews from Holofernes?

6. How does Marquis Saluzzo test Griselda's constancy?

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

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

9. What question does Christine ask that causes Rectitude to offer Julia, Pompey's wife, as an example to refute the claim?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Christine change throughout the novel? Detail the changes she makes and the reasons behind those changes.

Essay Topic 2

How are the different symbols used throughout the novel to represent abstract concepts? Detail and explain how the symbols are used to describe certain abstract concepts and which concepts they describe.

Essay Topic 3

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

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